How to get the systemd resolver to resolve local (i.e. unqalified) names?

[Tom H]

On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 6:50 AM, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 06:19:00AM -0400, Tom H wrote:


>> You'd posted that "systemd-resolve ..." returned the correct address
>> but that "host ..." didn't. Have you tried "dig ..." or "drill ..."?
>> (I'd expect them to fail too.)
>>
> system-resolve and getent find the right IP for an unqualified name.
>
> host and dig return SERVFAIL.

As I just said in another email, bug!

Are you going to file a report?


> If I manually add 'search zbmc.eu' to /etc/resolv.conf then everything
> works as it should (or at least as I want!).
>
> On my older (xubuntu 16.04) systems /etc/resolv.conf *does* have the
> search line:-
>
> # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
> nameserver 127.0.1.1
> search zbmc.eu
>
> So it would seem there's something wrong with the xubuntu 17.04
> dhclient and resolvconf setup, or for some reason it thinks it doesn't
> need to put the search line in even though the DHCP server is sending
> it the information.
>
> As a temporary fix I will add 'search zbmc.eu' to /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head,
> at least this won't get lost over reboots though it's a bit of a bodge.

It's a good workaround until resolved fixes itself. I don't think that
dhclient and resolvconf are to blame.