I found out that the `domainname' init script appends a `domain' entry to /etc/resolv.conf at boot time, whose value it gets from /etc/conf.d/domainname. As our domain domain consists of several subdomains, I once added a `search' entry with a list of all subdomains to resolv.conf in order to resolve all hosts by their first name component. However, since the `domain' entry overrides the `search' entry if it goes after (see resolv.conf man page), host resolving does not work! Therefore, I would like to suggest, that /etc/init.d/domainname appends the `domain' entry only if there is no search entry in resolv.conf. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. manually delete `domain' entry in resolve.conf 2. reboot 3. try to ping,connect or whatsoever to a host (where only the first component has been given) belonging to one of the (sub)domains specified in the `search' key in resolv.conf Actual Results: $ ping foo ping: unknown host foo Expected Results: ping foo PING foo.subdomain.topdomain.org (123.456.789.012) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from foo.subdomain.topdomain.org (123.456.789.012): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.343 ms
thats the point of the 'OVERRIDE' setting in conf.d/domainname
