Problems with search directive in resolv.conf

[Barry Margolin]

In article <8525683A.0008E8A2.00 at csc.com>,  <mmckinn5 at csc.com> wrote:
>
>
>Hello,
>
>I've completed the build and install of BIND 8.2.2 on Solaris 2.6 without
>incident.
>
>During testing I realized the search directive in /etc/resolv.conf is not
>functioning properly.  The resolv.conf looks similar to:
>
>     nameserver <IP address>
>     search <my_domain> <2nd domain> <3rd domain> <4th domain>
>
>I am only searching 4 domains with the my_domain as the default, but nslookup
>does not resolve a query in either the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th domain unless the query
>is fully qualified. The <sub_domain>.zone.bak files reside on the server.
>Nslookup resolves a query in the default domain just fine.

Do you have a wildcard entry in <my_domain>?  If so, it will satisfy any
queries in that domain, and you'll never fall through to the other domains.

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