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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:03:42 -0400
To: matthias-9fs@mteege.de, 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] DNS server domain
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> > the dnsdomain attribute is well-documented.  what i didn't see
> > is the convention for where to hang it in the database.
> > generally, i do this by setting ipnet in /lib/ndb/local.  e.g.
>
> I put it in my ndb/local and it works for the Plan 9 server
>
> % ndb/dnsquery
> > cab
> cab.mteege.de ip	10.8.47.11
>
> But if I query the server from other clients on the same network I've
> got empty results. Is dnsdomain only usefull for "internal" querys?
>
> Matthias

by "other clients" do you mean plan 9 systems or non-plan9 systems?
the default domain is not communicated via dns mechanisms.

- erik