Domain Suffic Search Order

Joseph S D Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov
Tue Aug 22 22:52:10 UTC 2000


On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 05:43:39PM -0500, Company, Paul J. wrote:
> NT has the concept of a "Domain Suffix Search Order"
> 
> What is the equivalent in BIND?
> 
> I'm using BIND v.8.2.2P5
> 
> Thanks, paul

MSW-NT copied it from the Domain Suffix Search Order in BIND, in
"/etc/resolv.conf".  Keyword "search".  Limited to six members, 256
characters, I think.  If no "search" list, defaults to the domain of
the hostname - which is usually best anyway.

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