Configuring Bind9

[Slyke]

I have a question, that I hope is simple.

Currently I have bind9 on my router and it's working fine.

I was wondering how to make it that when I type in a hostname into the browser/ping, that I don't need to put the FQDN.

Lets say I have an A record (This could just as well be a CNAME etc) that points
exampledomain > 192.168.1.5

So for example:
If I type in:
exampledomain

It will timeout, because the domain doesn't exist.

But, if I type in
exampledomain.mydomain.com

It will go to the IP address.

How can I set it up, that if it "assumes" I'm typing in the FQDN, before timing out etc?

[scathefire]

Try editting your /etc/resolv.conf file:

search example.com
nameserver blah

so if you want to ping host 'whatever', your query will assume you want to ping 'whatever.example.com'

Not really a DNS server setting though, its more of a client side setting.

[Slyke]

Hey scathefire,

Thanks for your reply! I did this and it wasn't working. Then I remembered I didn't set my domain correctly in my DHCP server, it now works!