Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!f.word.cs.cmu.edu!eht From: eht@f.word.cs.cmu.edu (Eric Thayer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: host name resolution under 1.0 Message-ID: <6251@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Date: 24 Sep 89 19:30:41 GMT Reply-To: eht@f.word.cs.cmu.edu (Eric Thayer) Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 24 Keywords: What am I doing wrong? I have a resolv.conf file: domain CS.CMU.EDU nameserver 128.2.w.x nameserver 128.2.y.z where 128.2.w.x is my primary nameserver (w.x stands for the last two parts of a real address) and 128.2.y.z is a nameserver which takes over when 128.2.w.x is down. Shouldn't it be possible to abbreviate names like F.WORD.CS.CMU.EDU as F.WORD given the above resolv.conf file? In fact, shouldn't it even be possible to abbreviate names like HARRISBURG.ANDREW.CMU.EDU as HARRISBURG.ANDREW given this resolv.conf (given of course that HARRISBURG.ANDREW.CS.CMU.EDU doesn't exist). Names like Q.CS.CMU.EDU you can abbreviate as Q, but it appears that if the abbreviation contains a dot, it is assumed to be a complete name. I'd like to avoid using a host table, but it looks like I'm going to have to use one if I want to use abbreviated names. -- Eric H. Thayer School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon (412) 268-7679 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213