From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 25 22:30:15 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F75E16A418 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:30:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6103613C46A for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:30:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HAD6Z-0005d3-7l for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:30:03 +0100 Received: from 89-172-36-253.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([89.172.36.253]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:30:03 +0100 Received: from ivoras by 89-172-36-253.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:30:03 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:29:32 +0100 Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig7C089FD91AB82D8C2473B703" X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 89-172-36-253.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.2 Sender: news Subject: Re: Is a re-boot req'd after changing 'resolv.conf' ? 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: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:30:15 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig7C089FD91AB82D8C2473B703 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable V.I.Victor wrote: > I'm simply going to change 2 "nameserver" ip-addresses. >=20 > Most of what I've found re. 'resolv.conf' implies it can just be change= d on-the-fly. However, other sources (mostly upgrading info) have a rebo= ot involved. >=20 > So -- re-boot or not? (Note: this is a static-ip box running v5.4.) Some applications only read resolv.conf once and keep the information, so you need to restart those. Most others deal with it in the standard way so no reboot is needed. The OS itself (and its standard utilities) don't need a reboot. --------------enig7C089FD91AB82D8C2473B703 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFuS9MldnAQVacBcgRAglRAKD9jiZV9WmyDe0RbnnDAAgQ06zAqQCgijFP 3vP+gaFwiQOX/rv/RCcomNk= =VYck -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig7C089FD91AB82D8C2473B703--