resolv.conf and host cmd (search domain issue)

[Tony Arnold]

Slakkie,

On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 09:52 +0100, slakkie wrote:

>   $ host -v netapp1-asd2.nl
> 
>   Trying "netapp1-asd2.nl"
> 
>   Host netapp1-asd2.nl not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> 
>   Received 99 bytes from 194.134.0.97#53 in 6 ms

This may be relevant, from the host man page:


>       The -N option sets the number of dots that have to be in name for it to
>        be considered absolute. The default value is that defined using the
>        ndots statement in /etc/resolv.conf, or 1 if no ndots statement is
>        present. Names with fewer dots are interpreted as relative names and
>        will be searched for in the domains listed in the search or domain
>        directive in /etc/resolv.conf.

You have one dot in the name, so host assumes it is absolute. Try with the -N option or set ndots in resolv.conf.

Regards,
Tony.
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