limitation of search string in /etc/resolv.conf

[Marc Riley]

Hi,
We are running a hp-ux 11 system that can access and performs zone transfers for multiple domains. DNS functionality is working okay, but we have run into a problem with the local resolver, as the "search" statement in /etc/resolv.conf only allows for 6 individual domains to be specified - this system needs to have over 10! Is there any known workaround/upgrade to the standard resolver in hp-ux that can help us?

Thanks,
Marc

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi,

I think it is not possible, read this document:

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90147/B2355-90147_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90147/00/00/28-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90147/00/00/28-toc.html&searchterms=resolv.conf&queryid=20011009-135026

This part may be interesting:


If a user sets the LOCALDOMAIN environment variable, any BIND requests made within the context of the user's shell environment will use the search list specified in the LOCALDOMAIN variable. The LOCALDOMAIN variable overrides the domain and search options in /etc/resolv.conf.

Hope this will help,

Gideon

[U.SivaKumar_2]

hi,
The domain directive in /etc/resolv.conf overrrides search directive.

regards,
U.SivaKumar