Re: Question to new network device names
On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 02:20:38AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 25 August 2017 01:27:47 David Wright wrote:
>
> > > But what has that to do with having the proper entry's
> > > in /etc/resolv.conf? Whose active lines are:
> > >
> > > nameserver 192.168.71.1
> > > search host,dns
> >
> > I can't parse ↑ this line. Are you sure your resolver can?
> > Why does it contain a comma? Are "host" and "dns" domain names?
>
> From man resolv.conf:
>
> > search Search list for host-name lookup.
> The search list is normally determined from the local domain name; by default, it contains only the local domain
> name. This may be changed by listing the desired domain search path following the search keyword with spaces or
> tabs separating the names.
>
> So I have it wrong with my comma, but its been working for about 20 years that way. I'll fix it for S&G. To continue
That search line makes the default domains to be searched
".host" and ".dns". Is that what you want?
I suspect what you actually want is in /etc/nsswitch.conf:
hosts: files dns
which means "look at /etc/hosts first, then check DNS".
This is the default, by the way, and has been for at least
a decade. The most likely override to it is using an alternate
name resolution protocol like Samba's winbind or such.
-dsr-
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