Server side multiple domain search?

Mark.Andrews at nominum.com Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Fri Oct 27 00:48:50 UTC 2000


> I've been reading the BIND 8 config file guide regarding the forwarding
> facility.  Is it at all possible to have a client request IP for system
> "foobar", and have the server search multiple domains within named.conf
> for the address?  Can the server search in first.com for foobar, then
> second.com for foobar, and then if not found, go out to a root server?

	No.
> 
> This would be without any search line in a client's resolv.conf for
> example, and hence only configured with domain somedomain.com.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
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