Re: need to look up short names

2017-08-11 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 08/11/2017 02:40 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 08/10/2017 07:07 PM, Grant Taylor via bind-users wrote: On 08/10/2017 06:21 PM, toddandmargo wrote: Fedora 26 Fedora = Linux (vs Windows vs other) I am stumped. I need to be able to look up short names on my local network. ... What am I

Re: need to look up short names

2017-08-11 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 08/10/2017 07:07 PM, Grant Taylor via bind-users wrote: On 08/10/2017 06:21 PM, toddandmargo wrote: Fedora 26 Fedora = Linux (vs Windows vs other) I am stumped. I need to be able to look up short names on my local network. ... What am I missing? domain and / or search configuration

Re: need to look up short names

2017-08-11 Thread Grant Taylor via bind-users
On 08/10/2017 10:18 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: Note that this still work for dig(1) and host(1) as per the OP's examples. But things like ping(1) and browsers will work with a search domain. Do you mean to say that the search / domain entry in /etc/resolv.conf do /not/ work for dig / host? (Or am

Re: need to look up short names

2017-08-10 Thread /dev/rob0
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 08:07:00PM -0600, Grant Taylor via bind-users wrote: > On 08/10/2017 06:21 PM, toddandmargo wrote: > > I am stumped. I need to be able to look up short names on my > > local network. > ... > > What am I missing? > > domain and / or search configuration in

Re: need to look up short names

2017-08-10 Thread Grant Taylor via bind-users
On 08/10/2017 06:21 PM, toddandmargo wrote: > Fedora 26 Fedora = Linux (vs Windows vs other) > I am stumped. I need to be able to look up short names on my local > network. ... > What am I missing? domain and / or search configuration in /etc/resolv.conf man resolv.conf -- Grant. . . .

RE: need to look up short names

2017-08-10 Thread Darcy Kevin (FCA)
Appending suffixes to short names to make them legal DNS names, is considered the responsibility of the *client*, not the *server*. Look up “resolver search list” (more Unix-ish/Linux-ish) or “suffix search list” (more Windows-ish), and you should find some useful information. -