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From: Chad Attermann <chada@censoft.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: resolv.conf question
Date: 2 Jan 1996 22:12:09 GMT
Organization: Century Software, Inc.
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The /etc/resolv.conf is a local configuration file for resolving host names on
your local machine.  It has nothing to do with what networks your DNS is
serving.  The domains listed in /etc/resolv.conf are merely domains to be
appended to host nslookup's.  For example, with a line in /etc/resolv.conf like

	domain this.net that.net

Then nslookup would with a query of 'host' would first search for
'host.this.net' and then 'host.that.net', and lastly just 'host'

Chad Attermann