DNS query with no domain

[Matthew Pounsett]

On 18-Aug-2008, at 14:47 , Prabhat Rana wrote:

>
> Hello all,
> I have a requirement that the querying applications get the IP  
> addresses when the query doesn't include a domain name. For example  
> instead of http://mms.ora.com the clients will try to access http://mms

This is actually accomplished by configuring a domain search order on  
the client systems (at the stub resolver) not on your DNS servers. On  
unix systems, this is done with the 'search' directive in the /etc/ 
resolv.conf file.  On Windows systems, the DNS search order is  
configurable in the network preferences where you set up your DNS  
servers.  If you're using DHCP, you can supply the DNS search order as  
one of the elements that the DHCP server hands out, with most DHCP  
servers.

Hope this helps,
    Matt