Re: [CentOS] name resolution question

2008-01-21 Thread Michael Simpson
On 1/18/08, Joe Greenseid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone explain the following behavior to me? > /snip from the DNS and BIND bible :-) talking about the "options" statement in resolve.conf The second setting you can modify is ndots, which sets the minimum number of dots a domain name

Re: [CentOS] name resolution question

2008-01-19 Thread Robert Spangler
On Friday 18 January 2008 17:57, Joe Greenseid wrote: > Can anyone explain the following behavior to me? What does your resolve.conf and hosts look like? -- Regards Robert Smile... it increases your face value! Linux User #296285 http://counter.li.org ___

Re: [CentOS] name resolution question

2008-01-19 Thread mouss
Joe Greenseid wrote: Quoting Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 1. nslookup is deprecated, use host 2. it interprets any hostname with a dot in it like an FQDN, e.g. it transforms abc.def -> abc.def. Host returns the same results. So there is no way to do name completion on any partial name

Re: [CentOS] name resolution question

2008-01-19 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Joe Greenseid wrote on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:25:28 -0500: > So there is no way to do name completion on any partial name that has > a dot in it? Don't know, man host may reveal a parameter that could change this. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services:

Re: [CentOS] name resolution question

2008-01-19 Thread Joe Greenseid
Quoting Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 1. nslookup is deprecated, use host 2. it interprets any hostname with a dot in it like an FQDN, e.g. it transforms abc.def -> abc.def. Host returns the same results. So there is no way to do name completion on any partial name that has a dot in it

Re: [CentOS] name resolution question

2008-01-19 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Joe Greenseid wrote on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:57:39 -0500: > I don't understand why it's not using the search field from > /etc/resolv.conf for the second short name (proteome.vlan88). Any > idea what can I do to get this working? 1. nslookup is deprecated, use host 2. it interprets any hostnam

[CentOS] name resolution question

2008-01-18 Thread Joe Greenseid
Can anyone explain the following behavior to me? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ nslookup proteome.hpcc.triad.local Server: 127.0.0.1 Address:127.0.0.1#53 Name: proteome.hpcc.triad.local Address: 10.2.149.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ nslookup proteome.vlan88.hpcc.triad.local Server: 1