Problems with resolving a local tld

[Vernon Schryver]

> From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>

> could work plugged in or isolated. Really now I could force things to 
> work as a subzone; or at least I think I am nearly to that point in the 
> upgrades. But there are some human interaction reasons for a very short 
> fqdn for a class of testing. It has to be typed in real fast in a 
> mobility demonstration, and it is the convenience factor for doing some 
> testing. So it is just for testing, and if I can't get it working to 

With "search" lists in /etc/resolv.conf (and the Windows equivalent)
or checking /etc/hosts (and the Windows equivalent) before DNS (while
ignoring the DNS ubber alles crowds),
what is the problem with short local names?

I often use short names inside my network.


Vernon Schryver    vjs at rhyolite.com