--- projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/ihost.pl	2001/02/05 17:38:38	1.15
+++ projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/ihost.pl	2001/02/13 12:28:50	1.16
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 # methods as you see fit.
 #  - pjm2@ukc.ac.uk
 #
-# $Author: pjm2 $
-# $Id: ihost.pl,v 1.15 2001/02/05 17:38:38 pjm2 Exp $
+# $Author: tdb $
+# $Id: ihost.pl,v 1.16 2001/02/13 12:28:50 tdb Exp $
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 
 $| = 1;
@@ -203,9 +203,23 @@ sub send_udp_packet() {
 
     my($hostname) = hostname();
     $hostname =~ s/\..*$//g;
-    `cat /etc/resolv.conf` =~ /domain\s+([^\s]+)/;
-    my($domainname) = $1;
-    my($machine_name) = "$hostname.$domainname";
+    my($resolv) = `cat /etc/resolv.conf`;
+    my($domainname);
+    my($machine_name);
+    if($resolv =~ /domain\s+([^\s]+)/) {
+        # some machines have domain <domain> in resolv.conf
+        $domainname = $1;
+        $machine_name = "$hostname.$domainname";
+    }
+    elsif($resolv =~ /search\s+([^\s]+)/) {
+        # some machines have search <domain> in resolv.conf
+        $domainname = $1;
+        $machine_name = "$hostname.$domainname";
+    }
+    else {
+        # we can't find out the domain
+        $machine_name = $hostname;
+    }
     my($ip) = inet_ntoa(scalar(gethostbyname($hostname)) || 'localhost');
 
     # Build the XML packet this way, as we can clearly