Technical data

SET CONFIGURATION NAME_SERVICE
SET CONFIGURATION NAME_SERVICE
When TCP/IP Services starts up, configures the BIND resolver and designates a
BIND server. All settings are systemwide.
Related commands: SET NAME_SERVICE,
SHOW CONFIGURATION NAME_SERVICE
Format
SET CONFIG [NO]NAME_SERVICE [ /[NO]SERVER=host]
[ /[NO]DOMAIN=domain ]
[ /[NO]PATH=domain ]
[ /RETRY=number of retries ]
[ /TIMEOUT=seconds ]
[ /TRANSPORT=protocol ]
Qualifiers
/CLUSTER=dev:[directory]
Optional.
Specifies the common BIND directory. By default, the clusterwide common
database common-disk:[TCPIP$BIND_common] is used. This qualifier reloads the
BIND database on every master BIND server running the OpenVMS cluster.
/DOMAIN=domain
/NODOMAIN
Optional. Default: The local domain.
Defines the default domain.
/NODOMAIN deletes the definition of the domain.
/PATH=domain
/NOPATH=domain
Optional. SYSNAM privilege is required for this command.
Defines the BIND resolver domain search list. The /NOPATH qualifier removes
domains from the list.
To specify multiple domains, list them by search preference. The resolver starts
with the first domain on the list, and continues to search each domain until the
name is found (or until all domains have been exhausted and the lookup fails).
If you define a domain list and then issue another SET CONFIGURATION
NAME_SERVICE /PATH command, TCP/IP Services appends the new domains to
the end of the list.
If a search list is not defined, the default behavior of the BIND resolver is to do a
lookup on the name as you typed it. If that lookup fails, then the default domain
is appended and the lookup is attempted again.
/RETRY=number of retries
Optional. Default: Four retries.
Number of times that the BIND resolver attempts to contact a BIND server if
previous tries failed.
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