That fixed it. Thanks. James
> Hello, > > We're having trouble getting machine name resolution from an DNS server. > If > we try to ping, for example, a machine named Mach1, we get an "unknown > host > Mach1" error. If we ping the FQDN, Mach1.domainname.com, we get > resolution. > Oddly, windows boxes can resolve the machine name, from a dos prompt, > without the domain suffix (No WINS being used either). > > What can we do to get machine name resolution, internally, without the > domain name from our Linux boxes? > You need a "search" or "domain" directive in your /etc/resolv.conf. E.g.: ---begin /etc/resolv.conf--- search domainname.com nameserver 192.168.0.2 nameserver 192.168.0.3
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