From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 30 20:12:17 2004 Return-Path: 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 104E516A4CE for ; Sun, 30 May 2004 20:12:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from terpsi.otenet.gr (terpsi.otenet.gr [195.170.0.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19AEB43D2F for ; Sun, 30 May 2004 20:12:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a112.otenet.gr [212.205.215.112]) by terpsi.otenet.gr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4V3CApf009643; Mon, 31 May 2004 06:12:11 +0300 (EEST) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4V3C9Gd003167; Mon, 31 May 2004 06:12:09 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i4V3C9Z0003166; Mon, 31 May 2004 06:12:09 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 06:12:09 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: adp Message-ID: <20040531031209.GA3089@gothmog.gr> References: <036501c44668$3b35ef30$6501a8c0@yourqqh4336axf> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <036501c44668$3b35ef30$6501a8c0@yourqqh4336axf> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I specify the resolver timeout? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 03:12:17 -0000 On 2004-05-30 12:04, adp wrote: > Is there a way to override this timeout value? I know it is possible > on other UNIX systems, such as AIX. > > Basically, we want to get a response within 3 seconds or the resolver > should try the second DNS server. Look at resolv.conf(5). More specifically at the "options timeout" option. - Giorgos