host command fails to resolve short host names without using search list in resolv.conf

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • host command fails to resolve short host names without using search list.

For example:

Raw
$  cat /etc/resolv.conf 
search example.com
nameserver 192.0.2.1

$ host node1.redhat.global
Host node1.redhat.global not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

$ host node1.redhat.global.example.com
node1.redhat.global.example.com has address 192.0.2.10

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and bind-utils older than bind-utils-9.11.4-16.P2 installed
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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