Jim Rees <[email protected]> wrote: > Define ENAMEUNKNOWN to indicate "Network name unknown". This can be used to > indicate, for example, that an attempt was made by dns_query() to make a > query, > but the name server (e.g. a DNS server) replied indicating that it had no > matching records. > > Would this be the same as NXDOMAIN? That is, does it mean the name server > couldn't find a record, or does it mean that the record doesn't exist?
Is there a way to tell the difference? Can you store a negative record in the DNS? Or is it that the DNS has records for the name, just not records of the type you're looking for (eg. NO_ADDRESS/NO_DATA from gethostbyname())? David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
