RE: resolv.conf

[Paul Jacobs <paul netpacq com>]

At 01:31 PM 2/1/99 -0600, you wrote:
>> >> Here is a copy of my resolv.conf
>> >> 
>> >> domain netpacq.net 
>> >> search ns3.netpacq.net  
>> >> nameserver 208.239.156.6 
>> >
>> >Well, that's an odd one. Do you really want your machine to 
>> look for hosts
>> >in the "ns3.netpacq.net" domain?
>> 
>> Yes, My logic is that I want it to resolve to it's self 
>> before going out to
>> the net.
>> It is a name server.
>
>Ah. That's not what you want to do then.
>
>If you want it to USE itself as a nameserver before going to other name
>servers, you want:
>
>domain netpacq.net
>search netpacq.net
>nameserver 127.0.0.1
>nameserver 208.239.156.6   (presuming this is another nameserver elsewhere)
208.239.156.6 is the local machine, so 127.0.0.1 would be redundant right!?.



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Paul Jacobs
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