TSMJ
2007-03-05, 03:36 AM CST
Hi
I've got a FC5 Fedora box using a Windows 2003 nameserver. Is there a way to make the Fedora box (without individually adding hosts to its hosts file) able to [e.g.] telnet to a remote host's hostname, rather than its FQDN, using the Windows nameserver? So from the Fedora box, you'd be able to type 'telnet hostname' rather than 'telnet hostname.company.domain.net ' (and it still query the DNS server)? I've thought about adding 'DOMAIN=' to the network config and changing the hostname of the Fedora box to reflect it's FQDN, hoping it'll realise it's in the same domain as the destination box and appending the rest, but the Fedora box is in constant use and I don't know whether it'd work or not.
Cheers!
I've got a FC5 Fedora box using a Windows 2003 nameserver. Is there a way to make the Fedora box (without individually adding hosts to its hosts file) able to [e.g.] telnet to a remote host's hostname, rather than its FQDN, using the Windows nameserver? So from the Fedora box, you'd be able to type 'telnet hostname' rather than 'telnet hostname.company.domain.net ' (and it still query the DNS server)? I've thought about adding 'DOMAIN=' to the network config and changing the hostname of the Fedora box to reflect it's FQDN, hoping it'll realise it's in the same domain as the destination box and appending the rest, but the Fedora box is in constant use and I don't know whether it'd work or not.
Cheers!