dig confusion

[Kevin Darcy]

Gary Armstrong wrote:

> Yes I'm as new as they get to bind and associated tools, please bear the
> simple question.
>
> I'm trying to set up a local DNS server, which seems to be mostly working.
>
> - If I do a nslookup 'host', I'm returned the expected information.
> - If I do a dig 'fully-qualified-host', I'm also returned the correct info.
> - If I dig 'host', there is no answer section and the authority is
> root(.) info.
>
> I do have a domain 'mylocal.mydom.com' line in /etc/resolv.conf.
>
> Is this correct behavior or have I messed it up? (ie does dig require
> fully qualified hostname to answer)

Dig requires a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN). It doesn't implement
nslookup's stupid "search" behavior.


- Kevin