Re: [squid-users] Multiple DNS search suffixes

I -think- its append_domain in the squid config file.

adrian

On Mon, Feb 26, 2007, Hohmeister, Matt wrote:
> I just installed Squid 2.6 Stable 9 on a Ubuntu Linux server. I have
> found an interesting problem...
>
> I'm the sysadmin for a high school, and we have multiple DNS search
> suffixes. Running "ipconfig /all" on a Windows computer gives me:
>
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : schools.dist.leon.k12.fl.us
> dist.leon.k12.fl.us
> leon.k12.fl.us
> k12.fl.us
> fl.us
>
> All of these are needed, since we use a lot of short/internal URLs in
> use, some of which are dotted, for example:
>
> www -> www.leon.k12.fl.us
> www.leon.leon -> www.leon.leon.k12.fl.us
>
> Is there any way I can "tell" Squid or Ubuntu about these short/internal
> URLs? I see that search_domain can have only one suffix...currently,
> going to these short/internal URLs gives me this error page:
>
> The requested URL could not be retrieved
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
> While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www/
>
> The following error was encountered:
>
> Unable to determine IP address from host name for www
> The dnsserver returned:
>
> Name Error: The domain name does not exist.
> This means that:
>
> The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
> Check if the address is correct.
> Your cache administrator is webmaster.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
> Generated Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:17:03 GMT by leon-cache
> (squid/2.5.STABLE12)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Matt Hohmeister
> Technology Coordinator
> Leon High School
> 550 E. Tennessee St.
> Tallahassee, FL 32308-4938
> Phone: +1 (850) 488-1971, Ext. 2500
> Fax: +1 (850) 922-5311
> E-Mail: hohmeisterm@mail.leon.leon.k12.fl.us

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