Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 18:04:02 +0100 From: Edwin Groothuis <mavetju@chello.nl> To: lanehol@bellsouth.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS lookup Message-ID: <20010113180402.J94930@d9168.upc-d.chello.nl> In-Reply-To: <000901c07d74$2c3dcd60$09cf3fd0@windows.home>; from lanehol@bellsouth.net on Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 09:19:07AM -0600 References: <000901c07d74$2c3dcd60$09cf3fd0@windows.home>
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On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 09:19:07AM -0600, lanehol@bellsouth.net wrote: > Before I setup the local DNS server the Mac could retrieve a web address > such as www.freebsd.org or www.yahoo.com just by typing in freebsd or yahoo, > respectively. Now the Mac must type the full address. The windows box > seems to be unaffected (since he was always typing the full address anyway) > > How do I regain that functionality for the MAC? It's a client-application functionality, it has nothing to do with whatever you're using as the DNS server. If, on the Mac, you remove the address of the freebsd machine and put the original back, does this behaviour return? Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: mavetju@chello.nl | http://fataldimensions.nl.eu.org/ ------------------+ telnet://fataldimensions.nl.eu.org:4000 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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