OSX append search domain

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It seems in OSX the search domain will not be appended to hostnames that contain two or more labels separated by dots. For example pinging the the following does not work

• ping snodem.etiger

To solve this, do the following below:

1. In Yosemite (10.10.5) add the "hamwan.net" & "hamwan.org" to the search domains in the GUI
2. sudo vi /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
3. Then find the line:

<dict>
     <array>
          <string>/usr/sbin/mDNSResponder</string>
     </array>

1. ADD:

<dict>
     <array>
          <string>/usr/sbin/mDNSResponder</string>
          <string>-AlwaysAppendSearchDomains</string>
     </array>

1. sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
2. sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
3. Make sure you DNS cache is clean (one of the following should work)
   • sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
   • sudo discoveryutil mdnsflushcache
   • sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
4. Test:
   • ping snodem.etiger

Referenced from: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/140160/alternative-to-alwaysappendsearchdomains-on-yosemite