Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:13:43 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cache-only named won't resolve "localhost" Message-ID: <43034617.80404@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <y5iry5ws4r.ry5@mail.opusnet.com> References: <4w1x4wyqkl.x4w@mail.opusnet.com> <43000B38.8040002@daleco.biz> <mnwtmnxlrz.tmn@mail.opusnet.com> <43014635.4060301@mac.com> <y5iry5ws4r.ry5@mail.opusnet.com>
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Gary W. Swearingen wrote: >Now "host", "dig", and "nslookup" work OK, even without an >/etc/resolv.conf file. But sendmail seems to need the later. >(It just has "nameserver 127.0.0.1".) > >[...] > >Mozilla apparently doesn't even use my local DNS as it still hangs. >(I must admit that I've never checked my caching DNS's cache.) > > Mozilla will use resolve.conf, if it is there. It will also cache answers for a long time and requires restarting if you, say, add a host to /etc/hosts. I missed the beginiing of the thread, but why would you want to run without /etc/resolv.conf? --Alex
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