https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-tools-list/2005-September/msg00001.html http://www.google.com/search?q=dns+search+path&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official that should do the trick! On 9/27/05, fedora-config-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx <fedora-config-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Send Fedora-config-list mailing list submissions to > fedora-config-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-config-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > fedora-config-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > > You can reach the person managing the list at > fedora-config-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxx > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Fedora-config-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. What is the 'DNS search path'? (Steven Stromer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:01:57 -0400 > From: Steven Stromer <filter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: What is the 'DNS search path'? > To: fedora-config-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <dh99i3$9jn$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I am pretty comfortable with network concepts, but I've always had this > hole in my understanding, and want to fill it. In Fedora's Network > Configuration control panel, there is a field for DNS search path. I > believe that it defaults to localhost.localdomain, which doesn't seem > very useful unless running a DNS server on the same box. I understand > that some ISPs provide the information for this field, but many hosts > don't offer this info. Is this field the fqdn of the router physically > provided by the ISP, another router further into the ISP's network, or > what? Can it be either a fqdn or an ip? I've scoured the net for this, > and am coming up with nothing. > > Thanks for any direction! > > Steven Stromer > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > Fedora-config-list mailing list > Fedora-config-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-config-list > > End of Fedora-config-list Digest, Vol 19, Issue 4 > ************************************************* > -- Cheers, Filip Tsachev Technical Department www.infodesign.bg F-Secure Business Partner -- Fedora-config-list mailing list Fedora-config-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-config-list