[comp.unix.ultrix] BIND Problem with DS5000

HATHAWA@gecrdvm1.crd.ge.com (Barry Hathaway) (02/08/91)

In article <1991Jan31.123044.1348@urz.unibas.ch>, doelz@urz.unibas.ch says:
>
>Problem: DS5000/200, Ultrix 4.1, BIND cache-only nameserver.
>
>The telnet call to any node not on the local backbone appends
>the domain name to the NS query. e.g.,
>
># telnet gatekeeper.dec.com
..........
>    dns.questions:
>            name gatekeeper.dec.com.unibas.ch

To prevent telnet from appending your local domain place a dot at the
end of the hostname.  That is:
    telnet gatekeeper.dec.com.