DNS Problem

[Joseph S D Yao]

> my server name is "joy.a.b.c.d" , can't ping "joy", but can ping
> "joy.a.b.c.d" in win95. But in linux I can ping both "joy" and
> "joy.a.b.c.d".
> 
> Can anyone tell me why???

Your domain name must be set to "a.b.c.d" for this to work.

In MSW'98, IIRC, you must also put "a.b.c.d" in the DNS search order
list.  First.  Which means deleting and re-inserting everything else
until it bubbles up to the top.

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