Windows resolver question...

[Kyle McDonald]

Thank you! I'm surprised google didn't have anything about this. (Bing 
didn't either which isn't that surprising.)

   -Kyle


On 1/18/2010 1:39 PM, Abello, Vinny wrote:
> Although this isn't a BIND question but rather a Windows client question,
> I'll give you the quick answer anyway because this drove me nuts when I went
> to Vista. Windows Vista and Windows 7 handles unqualified multi-label name
> queries differently. If you have a period in any part of a hostname, Windows
> Vista/7 will not append the domain suffix by default during resolution. You
> can change this behavior by modifying the Local (or network) group policy
> setting:
>
> Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\DNS Client\Allow DNS
> Suffix Appending to Unqualified Multi-Lavel Name Queries
>
> Set that to Enabled and you should get the old behavior.
>
> -Vinny
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: On Behalf Of Kyle McDonald
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 1:07 PM
> To: bind-users at lists.isc.org
> Subject: Windows resolver question...
>
> I know it's not strictly related to bind, but Google has failed me...
> I'm hoping to find some expertise (or at least a pointer,) here. :)
>
> I work in an environment where most desktops live in the corp.x.com
> domain, and I manage 2 other subdomains of x.com ).
>
> I'm not positive, but I could swear when I was running Windows XP, that
> I could ping, telnet, ssh, vnc, etc. to abc.sub from my desktop in
> corp.x.com without any trouble at all.
>
> Now I have Windows7, and nothing works without the fully qualified
> domain name. I have the (risky) checkbox checked to "Append parent
> suffixes of the primary DNS suffix," just like I did in WinXP.
>
> What's different in Win7?
>
> Given the split nature of the x.com domain, I'm wondering if Win7 might
> be keying off the '.' in abc.sub, and going to the root servers on it's own?
>
> If this might be the case, Is there a way to modify this behavior?
> Anyone know the Windows equivalent of setting ndots to 2?
>
>    -Kyle
>
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