Searchlist problems

[Nitin.K.]

Hi ,
      You can test your libc code res_search
with /etc/nsswitch.conf
having
hosts dns
If you do get the error then this is a bug of libc code.
otherwise you will get the answer.
regards
nitin

Anton Dischner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i run a nameserver (BIND 4.9.7) on a SGI Challenge L Irix 6.2.
> My domain is klch.med.uni-muenchen.de.
>
> I use
>
> search klch.med.uni-muenchen.de med.uni-muenchen.de
>
> in my /etc/resolv.conf
>
> when is try to resolve a adress not in my domain for example:
>
> ghn05d.hno
>
> is expect that the questions to the name-server are:
> (via nslookup, set debug)
>
> 1. ghn05d.hno.klch.med.uni-muenchen.de (that's the case) -> will fail
> 1. ghn05d.hno.med.uni-muenchen.de which should return the correct Address
>
> instead of this the resolver queries one of the root-servers
> (A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET) which is outside of our firewall.
>
> ghn05d.hno -> Non-existant host/domain
>
> Am i completely wrong?
> Any hints?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Toni
>
> When does it make sense to switch to Bind 8.x for Irix?
>
> --
> A. Dischner, Klinische Chemie, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany