severity 347200 normal -- On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 07:04:59PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > I'm unable to use the current versions of dig and host to resolve > hostnames. Other applications work fine - wget for instance. My > resolv.conf is the same as it has always been - generated by pump from > dhcp information spit out by my adsl modem. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf > search > nameserver 203.21.20.20 > > Since removing the search line fixes this, I'm making this important > instead of grave, but I'd rather not have to modify that file on > startup.
% man resolv.conf search Search list for host-name lookup. The search list is normally determined from the local domain name; by default, it contains only the local domain name. This may be changed by listing the desired domain search path follow‐ ing the search keyword with spaces or tabs separating the names. I expect that what you want the line to say is 'search .' The line is, in fact, not correctly parsable, although I suppose the intent could be divined. lamont