Bug 104579

Summary:	automatic append of `domain' entry to resolv.conf by /etc/init.d/domainname script overrides `search' entry
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	a.grahn
Component:	[OLD] baselayout	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description a.grahn 2005-09-02 03:50:33 UTC

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

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2005-09-02 05:51:58 UTC

thats the point of the 'OVERRIDE' setting in conf.d/domainname