Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 11:48:43 +1000 From: "Robert" <robbak@comnorth.com.au> To: "FreeBSD Support" <freeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT - Some Name strangeness Message-ID: <002701c20dc5$76eff170$fa6318ac@swegg>
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Yes That's what I thought. But when I installed the router, and dhcpd'ed with the routers DNS and domain, it didn't kill it. If that was the answer, it would be looking up mail-hub.flexi.robbak.com, which I _know_doesn't exist. strange. >>It seems to me that most systems will append their domain name to the host name if it's not fully qualified. i.e.: My hostname is me.domain.com I'm trying to resolve smtp-server and it fails, so I try smtp-server.domain.com. Would that explain what's happening? I believe this is a standard action for any resolver library to take. nslookup won't do it, however. nslookup only attempts to resolve exactly what you tell it to To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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