DNS Configure Problem
Cricket Liu
cricket at nxdomain.com
Wed Jan 29 01:39:08 UTC 2003
On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 02:36 PM, Kevin Darcy wrote:
> Barry Fawthrop wrote:
>
>> /etc/resolv.conf
>>
>> has
>> nameserver 65.32.1.70
>> nameserver 65.32.1.65
>> nameserver 24.73.2xx.xxx <-- My IP Address
>> search domain1 domain2
>> domain domain2
>>
>> I think ??? the line domain domain2 is my problem I'm trying to take
>> it out
>> is the search line correct and what does this do >???
>
> The "search" directive overrides the "domain" directive, and causes the
> resolver to try appending each of those domains in attempt to resolve
> the name.
> Whether it's "correct" or not depends on what you're trying to
> accomplish.
Actually, if I remember correctly, the last directive used will "win,"
so it's
the domain directive that will take effect.
cricket
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