On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Carlos Rodrigues wrote: > Jesse Keating wrote: > > Why can't you list the second DNS server in /etc/resolv.conf? Also you > > can specify multiple domains to search for base names in. EG: > > > > /etc/resolv.conf: > > search hq.pogolinux.com ks.pogolinux.com > > nameserver 192.168.1.2 > > nameserver 192.168.2.2 > > > > On this system, one nic is .1 subnet, while the other nic is .2 subnet. > > One subnet is hq, the other is ks. Given that I listed both search > > domains, I can do things like "ping fred" and "ping barney" given that > > fred is on HQ and barney is on KS. Name lookups will work and things > > will be happy. > > I've already tried that. It doesn't work. The first nameserver in > resolv.conf is the only one that is queried. The other ones are only > queried if the first is down, not when the first gives a negative answer. That's the joy of using split DNS. If it hurts, don't do it. Or fix it so that it hurts less, e.g., share the zones. -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
