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Date:      Thu, 27 Nov 1997 17:55:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Kees Jan Koster <dutchman@tccn.cs.kun.nl>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, sparky@cs.kun.nl
Subject:   Re: named dailup on misspelled (local) hostname question.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971127175457.20686Z-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <34749ACE.41C67EA6@tccn.cs.kun.nl>

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On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Kees Jan Koster wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> How do I configure named to initiate a DNS query to the forwarder on
> names in the form <hostname>.<domain>, but not on sole hostnames. In
> other words: how do I avoid my firewall to pick up the phone and call
> the University when all I did was make a type error and I typed `oriom'
> instead of `orion'.

Try removing the `domain' line in /etc/resolv.conf.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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