newbie question

[Pål Sollie]

fishbone 31 <fishbone_31 at my-deja.com> writes:

> Hi all,

> I recently set up a DNS server (bind8.2.2 on RH 6.2). It's running
> fine but for local users I want non-qualified host names to be
> solved the same way as if they were qualified.

> i.e.: my domain is "whatever.com" I want host1 to be solved by
> typing

> # host host1.whatever.com host1.whatever.com is 172.24.5.1

> or

> # host host1 host1.whatever.com is 172.24.5.1


> How can I get DNS behave this way?  Thanks, Mounir.

You'd have to set up a zone for whatever.com first. Consult the
DNS-HOWTO, or buy DNS and BIND from O'Reilly.

Then add 'search whatever.com' to your resolv.conf (dunno what the
appropiate place on a wintendo-box would be...)

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