On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 11:32, Anders Johansson wrote: <snip>
You asked a question, I answered it. You were wondering why you couldn't just "ping google", and the procedure above attempted to show that when you use a simple hostname, the resolver will try to append the domain in the "search" directive in resolv.conf. If you put "search google.com" in resolv.conf you could do "ping www" and it would ping www.google.com for you
I did a quick "info resolv.conf" after our last exchange, so I actually understand what you've said here. That'll probably last for a day or two. I honestly don't know how you keep all this stuff so well organized and updated in your head, Anders. It's absolutely amazing. Ever thought about leaving your brain to science? ;-) Thanks for the feedback & take care! - Carl