gopinath wrote:
hi
I have defined
search localhost in /etc/resolv.conf
cat /etc/resolv.conf
search localhost
i did not define any nameserver ip address in this file
i have given the gw ip from where the internet can be reached
no dns is running in gateway.
no dns service is running on the PC
no bind packages are installed on pc
but still if i ping to some domain like
ping www.google.com <http://www.google.com> it resolves and displayes
icmp replies.
i dont know from where this name resolution is taking place
please help on this what happens exactly.
Regards,
Gopinath M
Signal Networks Pvt. Ltd.
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Try dig. >>dig www.google.com<<
Under the SERVER section, that should give you the information on where
the DNS data came from. For instance, my SERVER name is the local ip
address of my DNS server.
HTH
Monty
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