Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 17:16:40 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: obrien@antares.aero.org (Mike O'Brien) Cc: rjbproc@Vir.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iijppp auto & pine (fwd) Message-ID: <199508050746.RAA18862@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <95Aug4.170619pdt.111119-1@aero.org> from "Mike O'Brien" at Aug 4, 95 05:05:51 pm
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Mike O'Brien stands accused of saying: > > > When I remove resolv.conf the problem goes away but causes DNS lookup > > failures if I try to ftp to a remote site for instance. Any Ideas on how > > to get around this? > > I don't know of one. Once you go with the DNS, the net had better be up; > /etc/hosts will only be used as a fallback after the DNS lookup times out > (i.e. if you just wait long enough things will proceed forward). This > gives me fits because iijppp does the same thing; after the interface is > marked "UP", killing and restarting iijppp becomes a total pain, because > it does the selfsame thing. You either have to temporarily move resolv.conf > out of the way and back again, or you have to wait out the DNS lookup > timeout. Edit /etc/host.conf and swap the hosts and bind lines. > Mike O'Brien -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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