Resolv.conf and Ping

[Mark Andrews]

> Scott Moseman <scmoseman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Not really a Bind issue, per say, but maybe you guys know.
> > I'm running Bind and added a subdomain to my main domain.
> > Added this subdomain in resolv.conf as a secondary search.
> > (So assume that I am now using abc.com and sub.abc.com.)
> 
> > nslookup appears to use the first "search" in resolv.conf.
> > ping seems to use the second (last?) "search" in resolv.conf.
> 
> > Basically, what this means, is that my box is unable to ping a
> > hostname that is in abc.com but not in sub.abc.com, although
> > nslookups will return appropriate values.
> 
> > Has anyone had this problem before?  Anything to fix this?
> 
> The general idea is that searchlist won't do any good. Use
> FQDN everywhere ( except perhaps one domain)
> 
> Searchlist will create an ambiguity which domain has been used, sooner
> or later it will get the wrong one and you will waste your
> time troubleshooting.

	Peter instead of ranting about whether search lists are good or
	bad just tell him how to solve the problem.

	There should only be *one* search directive in resolv.conf.

		search abc.com sub.abc.com
 
	Mark
 
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