From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 31 21:39:03 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA0F016A41C for ; Tue, 31 May 2005 21:39:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com (lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com [68.99.120.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7578243D1F for ; Tue, 31 May 2005 21:39:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dns1 ([64.58.171.82]) by lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with ESMTP id <20050531213903.BGPM7226.lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com@dns1> for ; Tue, 31 May 2005 17:39:03 -0400 From: Vizion To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 14:33:53 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200505311433.54138.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Subject: nameserver changing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 21:39:04 -0000 Hi I want to be able to automatically remove/add one or more dns servers from the list of dns's used as resolvers by particular machine(s) on a network which I control from data stored in a file in each computer. e.g file might contain lines such as: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx remove dns xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx add dns xxx.xxx.xxx None of the machines are running their own dns servers. The changes will be initiated by cron. Don't ask me why I need to do it -- the answer is far too complicated :-) Suggestions please david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May/June bound for Europe via Panama Canal.