How to get the systemd resolver to resolve local (i.e. unqalified) names?

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Chris Green schreef op 04-06-2017 11:38:

> It would seem than anything that *doesn't* use the /etc/resolv.conf
> configuration set up by systemd works OK but anything that goes to
> 127.0.0.53 fails with SERVFAIL.

This is the thing that was mentioned in that email:

- It uses nsswitch to basically take over gethostbyname*() and
     getaddrinfo(). This means any software using a DNS library like 
ldns,
     unbound, bind, knot, etc bypasses this system and gets an 
inconsistent
     DNS view from the rest of the system. It explictely does not support
     those kind of applications. Due to its issues below, this is a 
problem
     for applications insisting on DNSSEC answers (eg postfix). It does 
not
     supply a "local DNS server" that those dns libraries could use to 
get
     a consistent view.

Apparently at this point there *is* a local "dns server" but I'm not 
sure (the .53 address you've given).

I can only say: at least TRY to see if the search directive makes a 
difference, so you know more.