On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 Svaksh wrote :

On 28 Apr 2005 12:54:57 -0000, vaibhav samant vaibhav_samant@rediffmail.com wrote:

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What is the meaning of "search foo.com" & "domain foo.com" in resolv.conf

"search foo" means that if you ask for "bar" it will check "bar.foo" before plain "foo", used for local networks, so can abbreviate to just the short host name

What about DOMAIN FOO.COm ? Vai