Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:29:39 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <mdodd@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [CFR] reflect resolv.conf update to running application Message-ID: <20050826202713.X1915@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <ygefyt4yiaz.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> References: <ygefyt4yiaz.wl%ume@mahoroba.org>
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On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote: > Our resolver reads resolv.conf once, and never re-read it. Recent > OpenBSD changed to re-read resolv.conf when it is updated. I believe it > is useful specially for mobile environment. The more useful solution is to run a local caching nameserver that forwards to the DHCP or location specific nameservers. I've got modifications to dhclient-script and a Makefile in /etc/namedb/ that implement this behavior. I'll clean it up for public consumption if others are interested. -- 10 40 80 C0 00 FF FF FF FF C0 00 00 00 00 10 AA AA 03 00 00 00 08 00
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