DNS query with no domain

[Prabhat Rana]

Matt,
Thanks for the quick response. The querying client is this case is not a server it is infact a handheld device. And we can not put any search order in this device. We can only tell it to which DNS server to query and what URL which is http://mms
Thanks
Prabhat.

--- On Mon, 8/18/08, Matthew Pounsett <matt at conundrum.com> wrote:
From: Matthew Pounsett <matt at conundrum.com>
Subject: Re: DNS query with no domain
To: prana9533 at yahoo.com
Cc: bind-users at isc.org
Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 2:03 PM

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