newbie question

[Ken Fischer]

Bernd, 

resolv.conf only affects the way that the local machine handles 
name resolution.  In this case, it tells the SuSE box how to handle
lookups for it's processes.  It won't affect remote machines (the 
Windows box, in this case.) 

In the advanced TCP/IP settings, DNS tab, there should be an 
option for "Append these DNS suffixes".  That is where you need 
to put the Domain name (so that your Win2K machine knows what to 
add to unqualified names).

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Ken Fischer, CCNA  <kenf at junebug.org>
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On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Bernd Driesen wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> short question:
> 
> Bind8 on SuSE 6.3 and Windows as Client.
> 
> A "ping machine.domain.com" from the windows client works fine, but "ping
> machine" gets no result (unknown host).
> 
> I have already set "search domain.com" into the resolv.conf.
> 
> The machine on which bind8 is running works fine ("ping machine" gets the
> IP-number).
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 
> 
>