Resolve name without FQDN

[Rhys McWilliams]

Hi,

I have gone through a lot of the lists archives trying to see if my =
question has been asked and answered, and am now going squint from all =
the reading.....

I'm running BIND 9.2.1 on Redhat 7.3 and also running transparent proxy =
using Squid 2.4.

Some of out internal users are needing to access a web site that is not =
on our local network.
The URL is http://haf0gau05/index.htm  (as you can see there is no =
FQDN)
This site is used by some of our customers to log support calls that =
our staff then look up on that site and action accordingly.
The developers of the site have unfortunately used absolute URLS for =
ALL the links on the site and we have no access or control over how =
they setup their site. They use WINS on their side of the network but =
we do not have any kind of access to their WINS server to even try do =
lookup off their side.

The problem comes in when we browse to the site and Squid tries to =
resolve the name haf0gau05 and of course fails (dig also fails).

I have tried placing the haf0gau05 name with its relevant IP in the =
/etc/hosts and checked that /etc/nsswitch.conf has the line
hosts:      files dns
/etc/host.conf also exists and has the line
order hosts,bind
None of this setup made any kind of difference.....

I then tried adding the haf0gau05 to our local domains zone file and =
made sure the search line in /etc/resolv.conf had our domain on it.
If I then did a dig with the name & the FQDN then I got a resulting IP =
that is correct but if I leave out the FQDN I get a failed lookup.
My PC, which is in the same domain as specified in /etc/resolv.conf =
does the get a reply of the correct IP.
But Squid of fails to resolve the name through all of this as well.

Is it even possible to resolve without specifying a FQDN?
If it is possible, what am I doing wrong or what do I need to do to get =
it to work?
I don't mind if I have to setup a new zone file or include the entries =
in an existing zone and get the domain search order working....


Thanks
------------------------ 
Rhys McWilliams
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 796 1000    Fax: +27 11 796 1100
http://www.kerridge.co.za/
mailto:rhys at kcc.co.za



Regards
------------------------ 
Rhys McWilliams
Network Administrator
Kerridge Computer Company Ltd. (S.A.)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 796 1000    Fax: +27 11 796 1100
http://www.kerridge.co.za/
mailto:rhys at kcc.co.za

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