Take a look at this file /etc/resolv.conf. It should have several lines
that start with nameserver and one line that starts with search.
On my box, the search line is as follows:
search @home
This should be my @home search domain which is:
chnd1.az.home.com
If I change the search line to:
search chnd1.az.home.com
then I can ping mail and news.
However, /etc/resolv.conf gets rebuilt on each reboot.
When I boot the search line gets changed back to
search @home
Don't know if this is a bug or a feature.
W.E. Brooks
On Sat, 2001-11-24 at 21:50, John Albee wrote:
> I have a small question that is bugging me. Whenever I setup a system
> (linux or win) and connect it directly to @home using their DHCP servers,
> entries in mail and news programs such as "mail" and "news" work flawlessly.
> When I connect a network using a linux or linksys firewall that grabs
> IP/gateway/DNS information from @home's DHCP servers and passes the exact
> same DNS server IPs, the @home "news" and "mail" aliases will not work.
> What is causing this?
>
> John Albee
> guesswho911@home.com
>
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