Re: default domain searching

Rolf Mueller (rolf.mueller@yale.edu)
Wed, 9 Dec 1998 21:41:26 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Chad Glendenin wrote:

> Add the domains you want to /etc/resolv.conf, which may be a symlink to
> /etc/dhcpc/resolv.conf. You should put a line in there something like
> this:
>
> search mc.yale.edu cis.yale.edu yale.edu its.yale.edu cs.yale.edu

BTW, I have:
search eng.yale.edu yale.edu cs.yale.edu
If I reverse the order of the last 2 entries, I get e.g. for "mars"
(mars.its.yale.edu) the answer "unknown host". Any idea why this is so? It
seems that in either case serv1.net.yale.edu is contacted.

Rolf

Rolf Mueller rolf.mueller@yale.edu
Intelligent Sensors Lab, EE Dept.
Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8284
Phone 203 432 4297 Fax 203 432 7769