Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-29 Thread John Soros
Ah great! add one to lunix quirks, shouldn't it be the system that resolves names? This is pretty weird :-) Cheers! Johnny On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:21:41 +0100 Matthias Teege [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I used my plan9 server as dns server, it was also my dhcp server, which is quite handy.

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-29 Thread erik quanstrom
every system that uses bind 9 has the same behavior. however bind's Old Standard, nslookup, does not ignore resolv.conf. - erik Ah great! add one to lunix quirks, shouldn't it be the system that resolves names? This is pretty weird :-) Cheers! Johnny [...] ; dig cab +short ;

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-28 Thread erik quanstrom
Moin, how do I set the defaultdomain an a Plan 9 DNS server? ndb(6) didn't clear everything up for me. then again, i haven't had any coffee yet. the dnsdomain attribute is well-documented. what i didn't see is the convention for where to hang it in the database. generally, i do this

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-28 Thread Matthias Teege
the dnsdomain attribute is well-documented. what i didn't see is the convention for where to hang it in the database. generally, i do this by setting ipnet in /lib/ndb/local. e.g. I put it in my ndb/local and it works for the Plan 9 server % ndb/dnsquery cab cab.mteege.de ip

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-28 Thread erik quanstrom
the dnsdomain attribute is well-documented. what i didn't see is the convention for where to hang it in the database. generally, i do this by setting ipnet in /lib/ndb/local. e.g. I put it in my ndb/local and it works for the Plan 9 server % ndb/dnsquery cab cab.mteege.de ip

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-28 Thread Matthias Teege
by other clients do you mean plan 9 systems or non-plan9 systems? the default domain is not communicated via dns mechanisms. I mean non-plan9 systems. Matthias

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-28 Thread John Soros
When I used my plan9 server as dns server, it was also my dhcp server, which is quite handy. it communicates some info to the dhcp clents, for example the default search domain, which, in my understanding does just what you want. It firsq querys the dns server for the domain, then tries to