From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 17 0:26:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from urquell.pilsnet.sunet.se (urquell.pilsnet.sunet.se [192.36.125.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA71314FD1 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:26:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bd@urquell.pilsnet.sunet.se) Received: (from bd@localhost) by urquell.pilsnet.sunet.se (8.9.1/8.9.1) id JAA28076; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:25:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from bd) To: Jim Durham Cc: freebsd hackers Subject: Re: Resolv.conf question References: <199912170143.RAA03627@mass.cdrom.com> <3859C580.A4B9FAD8@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> From: Bjorn Danielsson Date: 17 Dec 1999 09:25:56 +0100 In-Reply-To: Jim Durham's message of "Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:09:20 -0500" Message-ID: Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.070098 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.98) Emacs/20.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jim Durham wrote: > The 3.3 Box is a local server on a disconnected LAN talking > to a "remote" server that spools mail, which is grabbed by > fetchmail. We are running PPP on-demand to the external > server via a dial-up to an ISP. However, PPP only holds the > line up from 8am-8pm and this is happening at 1:59am, coinciding > with the "periodic daily" scripts from crontab. Try changing "netstat -i" to "netstat -ni" in the script /etc/periodic/daily/420.status-network Maybe the reverse dns lookup done by netstat -i tries to activate ppp which then wipes /etc/resolv.conf. Just a crazy idea... -- Björn Danielsson KTHNOC / Swedish University Network (mail me for my real e-mail address) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message