On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Paul (NCC/CS) wrote:

# I recently tried to shift the nameserving function (DNS) from an
# INTEL to a SPARC machine. I copied and altered the various
# files, nsswitch.conf, resolv.conf, namedb etc.
# 
# Trouble is that now if I ask  it to resolve a host it fails.
# If I ask it to resolve a host WITH it's fully qualified domain name
# it works. like:   "tracy.mydomain.name"  is ok, but "tracy" on it's
# own won't resolve the address. I should be able to go "ping tracy"
# alone for example.
# 
# The box is at home (not here) and I can't remember now for 100%
# certain that I have:   domain "blah.blah" in my resolv.conf
# (damn it)  but, I'm pretty sure that I have.  So given that I have, is
# there anything else obvious that could be causing this problem for
# me?

domain blah.blah
nameserver a.b.c.d

...and probably good to make sure that a.b.c.d is a valid primary nameserver
for domain blah.blah.


# 
# thanks, regards,
# Paul.
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# Paul      (pts@bom.gov.au)
# National Climate Centre
# Australian Bureau Of Meteorology
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				--*greywolf;
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