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

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Sat Nov 24 10:03:47 GMT 2007


Brad Langhorst wrote:
> 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"?

In .ssh/config

Host strange
    Hostname strange.home.langhorst.com

That's much more limited than the DNS search method, but it doesn't have 
  the unwanted side-effects.

Cheers,

Simon.

> 
> brad
> 
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