> dig myhost By default dig only uses fully qualified domain names. "dig +search" does what you want.
> It would search for that host in path1 or path2 listed above.? It does > not, a +trace shows the resolver querying the root servers for myhost.? > So it appears the search command does not work in environment. > > [root@server1 # dig myhost +trace ...but "dig +trace" behaves completely differently, searching for the name from the root zone down and never touching the local resolver at all, so this would have queried the root server even if you'd used a FQDN. -- Evan Hunt -- e...@isc.org Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users