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   XPost: comp.protocols.misc, comp.sources.d   
   From: wbe@ubeblock.psr.com.invalid   
      
   KP Bhat  writes:   
   > I have a question regarding DNS.  My experience has been that DNS   
   > servers always automatically combine a unqualified hostname with the   
   > default domain name in order to determine the fully qualified domain   
   > name.  Is this behavior specified in some RFC, or is this just how the   
   > DNS Servers are implemented?   
      
   It's partly controlled by a configuration file.   
   Have a look at /etc/resolv.conf and read `man resolv.conf`.   
   Also read `man resolver`.  Environment variables and code in each   
   program can also determine some of what happens.   
    -WBE   
      
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