Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:55:42 -0600
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Is a re-boot req'd after changing 'resolv.conf' ?
Message-ID:  <20070125205542.GA47293@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
In-Reply-To: <C8061EE6-6C15-448B-97B8-06152D3F9BC2@mac.com>
References:  <W537982322328231169754828@webmail15> <C8061EE6-6C15-448B-97B8-06152D3F9BC2@mac.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:15:47PM -0800, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> On Jan 25, 2007, at 11:53 AM, V.I.Victor wrote:
> >
> >So -- re-boot or not? (Note: this is a static-ip box running v5.4.)
> 
> There is no reason to reboot after changing /etc/resolv.conf.  Almost  
> everything will be using the standard resolver routines from libc and  
> will pick up the new nameservers just fine.

Dhcpclient rewrites /etc/resolv.conf every time it renews the DHCP
lease.

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
========================================================================
Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070125205542.GA47293>