Subject: Re: problem on resolver
To: None <deraadt@fsa.ca>
From: Brian D. Carlstrom <bdc@ai.mit.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 04/24/1994 12:18:55
>>>>> Theo Deraadt writes:
>> I found the current resolver doesn't recursively lookup if the
>> appended domain name doesn't exist.
> The resolv.conf(5) manual page explains the `search' keyword.
> This newish change to the resolver is according to the RFC's --
> it is intended to reduce DNS traffic.
i'm trying to use this to get the resolver search across domains for a
name like x.mit.edu then x.ai.mit.edu then x.lcs.mit.edu. is this the
what i'm supposed to do? it doesnt seem to win...
-bri
domain MIT.EDU
search MIT.EDU AI.MIT.EDU LCS.MIT.EDU
nameserver 127.0.0.1
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