[PLUG] RE: Re: Internal DNS

[Derek Loree]

On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 20:26, Keith Morse wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Chris Penwell wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > Is there a way to serve "domainless" name resolution so that a host 
> > > "foo" can resolve to an address or do I use a domain zonefile and rely 
> > > on the "search" parameter of the clients to add the domain name?
> > 
> > the only domainless way I'm aware of is thru host files and keeping them 
> > up to date is problematic.
> > 
> > 
> > Do all the host files need to be the same? If so, why couldn't person set up
> > link to a hosts file somewhere central, like the file server?
> > 
> > (go easy, I'm kind of a newbie)
> 
> 
> As Jeme alluded to but didn't explain, the above concept is chicken and 
> egg in nature.  The file you require for name resolution requires name 
> resolution in order for it to be read in the first place.

Couldn't you go back to being a dinosaur and mount the network share
using the IP address of the host file server, instead of the name?

It might work.

Derek Loree