[Dnsmasq-discuss] problem with wrong server being returned sometimes

Brad Langhorst brad at langhorst.com
Sat Nov 24 01:11:53 GMT 2007


On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 20:44 +0000, Simon Kelley wrote:
...
thanks for your response.


> You might like to think about removing the "search" configuration. As 
> far as I can see it's an evolutionary throwback to the move from a flay 
> hosts file (for the whole internet) to DNS, and it's really not very 
> useful for a modern machine.

Hmm - I rather like the ability to type

"ssh strange"

instead of 

"ssh strange.home.langhorst.com "


Is there some way support that shorthand other than via a search line
in /etc/resolv.conf?  Or do I misunderstand what you mean by "search"?

brad




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