How do I setup name resolution to resolve by providing only the first label? (was: easy question)

[Thor Kottelin]

"Michael B. Allen" wrote:

> How do I setup name resolution to resolve something like
> 'prod1.wfc.ny.us.ml.com' by providing only the first label 'prod1'?
> 
> So if I do 'ping prod1', I want 'prod1' to resolve to
> 'prod1.wfc.ny.us.ml.com'.

Include "wfc.ny.us.ml.com" in your resolver search list.

Thor

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