Rob Leslie wrote: > Package: base(?) > Version: 1.1.0-14 > > During the initial installation of Debian 1.1, the user is asked for > information which is used to construct an /etc/resolv.conf file. > > However: > > - If the user enters more than one nameserver IP address, all the > addresses are listed on a single line in /etc/resolv.conf; they > should instead appear on separate lines, one for each address. > > - Both "domain" and "search" directives are present in the file. > These are mutually exclusive, and only the last instance is > effective. > > "domain" is in fact only a special case of "search" that implies > a particular pattern. For example, the following are equivalent: > > domain foo.bar.baz.com > search foo.bar.baz.com bar.baz.com baz.com
No, this has been changed in libc-4.6.* and above H.J. Lu writes in the release notes for libc-4.6.20: > With bind-4.9.3beta9, you may have to change /etc/resolv.conf. The > resolver's default "search" list will be just the entire "domain" name > rather than the sliding window it had before 4.9.2. This will make the > default search list shorter, so folks who are saying "domain a.b.c" > and relying on the implicit "search a.b.c b.c c" will miss "b.c" and > "c". So what you have to do is add this line into your /etc/resolv.conf: > > search a.b.c b.c c Thanks, Peter -- Peter Tobias EMail: Fachhochschule Ostfriesland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED]
