Bug#182886: libc6: local hostnames containing a dot get forwarded outside when doing host-lookups.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:04:45PM +0100, Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> When having a resolv.conv with a line
>
> search subdomain.domain.tld domain.tld
>
> and doing a hostlookup, for example by
>
> ping host.anothersubdomain
>
> it sends dns-requests for
>
> host.anothersubdomain.
> host.anothersubdomain.subdomain.domain.tld.
> host.anothersubdomain.domain.tld.
Does this still happen if you have a 'domain' line in resolv.conf? I
believe this is its purpose.
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- mdz
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