From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 9 13:40: 2 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7661737B401; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 13:40:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from soulshock.mail.pas.earthlink.net (soulshock.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB0CD43F5B; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 13:39:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from heron (heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.189]) by soulshock.mail.pas.earthlink.net (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h09K9GH16603; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 12:09:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from pool0033.cvx22-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.198.33] helo=mindspring.com) by heron with asmtp (SSLv3:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18Wiyo-0004pf-00; Thu, 09 Jan 2003 12:08:43 -0800 Message-ID: <3E1DD677.1C3DDBBD@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 12:07:19 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Much Cc: Gregory Neil Shapiro , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail: how to get the named of FreeBSD4.7 standards compliant? References: <20030101181330.C8233@disp.oper.dinoex.org> <3E134659.78028611@mindspring.com> <20030106173652.A495@disp.oper.dinoex.org> <3E1A1336.9F535670@mindspring.com> <20030108000930.A512@disp.oper.dinoex.org> <3E1C971C.7581F3BD@mindspring.com> <20030109031545.A80293@disp.oper.dinoex.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: b1a02af9316fbb217a47c185c03b154d40683398e744b8a4262af8d806a012b49205b1a3c32a17ea666fa475841a1c7a350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Peter Much wrote: > ! 1) The default names option in the standard resolver will prevent > ! another query for the unqualified name, since unqualified names > ! are supposed to get the local domain name, unconditionally. > > I'm sorry, my named.log shows it the other way round - as does > the debug mode of nslookup: What are the precise contents of your /etc/resolv.conf? > ! 2) It's possible to change the resolver flags in sendmail by > ! adding lines to the M4 file source code. You need to look > ! at the source tree and read cf/README. > > Been there, done it, got the t-shirt. I walked thru the whole > code there, only to find lots of niceies like the following > - from daemon.c: [ ... ] > Now, as far as I am considered, I think I have had enough of this > stuff. I have understood from the code why it behaves the way it > does, have learned a bit about name resolution, and now either > have to live with it the way it is, or change the code in a way > I like. Naturally, I personally believe all problems are solvable, and Greg can answer on the resolution of names in sendmail for this second case, but I understand your losing interest. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message