RE: [MLUG] DNS question

[yoda <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Very much appreciated. That explains it.

On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Rick Buford wrote:

> resolver options (from man resolv.conf):
>  ndots:n   sets a threshold for the number of dots which must
>                         appear in a name given to res_query() (see
>                         resolver(3)) before an initial absolute query will
> be
>                         made.  The default for n is ``1'', meaning that if
>                         there are any dots in a name, the name will be tried
>                         first as an absolute name before any search list
> ele­
>                         ments are appended to it.
> 
> see also "man nsswitch.conf"
> 
> Rick 
> "I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling
> to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are
> so eager to regulate everyone else's." -- Kee Hinckley
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: yoda [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 1:37 PM
> >To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> >Subject: [MLUG] DNS question
> >
> >
> >Hullo. I was wondering about how the search line in /etc/resolv.conf
> >works. I was under the impression it searched what was in there first,
> >before trying just the exact name.
> >
> >For example:
> >if resolv.conf reads:
> >search foo.bar
> >nameserver 127.0.0.1
> >
> >and I tried:
> >ping www.kernel.org
> >
> >I was under the impression it'd try
> >www.kernel.org.foo.bar
> >and then
> >www.kernel.org
> >
> >I wanted to change this behaviour because our (masq'ing) 
> >firewall forwards
> >port 80 to an internal machine, and it seems not to work when 
> >an internal
> >machine attempts to connect to the external ip of the firewall.
> >
> >I added an alias for tinydns, but when I ping, it still comes back from
> >the external ip of the firewall.
> >
> >If anyone knows why or (even better) knows a better way of fixing the
> >port forwarding+masq'ing problem, I'd appreciate the help.
> >
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