Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-29 Thread erik quanstrom
every system that uses bind 9 has the same behavior. however bind's Old Standard, nslookup, does not ignore resolv.conf. - erik > Ah great! > add one to lunix quirks, shouldn't it be the system that resolves names? This > is pretty weird :-) > Cheers! > Johnny > > [...] >> >> ; dig cab +shor

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-29 Thread John Soros
Ah great! add one to lunix quirks, shouldn't it be the system that resolves names? This is pretty weird :-) Cheers! Johnny On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:21:41 +0100 Matthias Teege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I used my plan9 server as dns server, it was also my dhcp server, > > which is quite h

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-29 Thread Matthias Teege
> When I used my plan9 server as dns server, it was also my dhcp server, > which is quite handy. it communicates some info to the dhcp clents, Me too. > worked for me :-) It worked for me to. Looks like the dig command ignores the search domain in resolv.conf. ; dig cab +short ; nslookup cab .

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-28 Thread John Soros
When I used my plan9 server as dns server, it was also my dhcp server, which is quite handy. it communicates some info to the dhcp clents, for example the default search domain, which, in my understanding does just what you want. It firsq querys the dns server for the domain, then tries to prefi

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-28 Thread Matthias Teege
> by "other clients" do you mean plan 9 systems or non-plan9 systems? > the default domain is not communicated via dns mechanisms. I mean non-plan9 systems. Matthias

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-28 Thread erik quanstrom
> > the dnsdomain attribute is well-documented. what i didn't see > > is the convention for where to hang it in the database. > > generally, i do this by setting ipnet in /lib/ndb/local. e.g. > > I put it in my ndb/local and it works for the Plan 9 server > > % ndb/dnsquery > > cab > cab.mteeg

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-28 Thread Matthias Teege
> the dnsdomain attribute is well-documented. what i didn't see > is the convention for where to hang it in the database. > generally, i do this by setting ipnet in /lib/ndb/local. e.g. I put it in my ndb/local and it works for the Plan 9 server % ndb/dnsquery > cab cab.mteege.de ip10.

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-28 Thread erik quanstrom
> Moin, > > how do I set the "defaultdomain" an a Plan 9 DNS server? > ndb(6) didn't clear everything up for me. then again, i haven't had any coffee yet. the dnsdomain attribute is well-documented. what i didn't see is the convention for where to hang it in the database. generally, i do t

Re: [9fans] DNS server domain

2008-03-28 Thread Josh Wood
how do I set the "defaultdomain" an a Plan 9 DNS server? dnsdomain pairs (in ndb(6)). -Josh