We've done some testing and it looks like 2000 has this limit. Even if we modify the registry directly. I'd really like to see some MS documentation or KB that talks about this limitation.
Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 1:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS suffix search order list on W2K Looks like the UI may actually enforce a limit of 6 but I don't see anywhere else that it won't read whatever you put in this registry setting: SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Tcpip\\Parameters SearchList It should be a comma delimited REG_SZ Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - <http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/> http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - <https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS suffix search order list on W2K Can anyone confirm this is limited to 5? I've looked but can't find any official documentation that states this. Thanks Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _____ This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
