Re: ppp and new users (was: Re: Tecnology and marketing)
john@dhh.gt.org writes:
> MTA configuration doesn't seem like the right place to be editing
> /etc/resolv.conf, but that's the way it is.
>
> I need to think about how to handle DNS with multiple providers. I hate
> the idea of mucking with /etc/resolv.conf on every call.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Why muck with something you don't need? From resolv.conf(5)
RESOLVER(5) 11, RESOLVER(5)
NAME
resolver - resolver configuration file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/resolv.conf
DESCRIPTION
The resolver is a set of routines in the C library
(resolv(3)) that provide access to the Internet Domain
Name System. The resolver configuration file contains
information that is read by the resolver routines the
first time they are invoked by a process. The file is
designed to be human readable and contains a list of key
words with values that provide various types of resolver
information.
On a normally configured system this file should not be
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
necessary. The only name server to be queried will be on
^^^^^^^^^
the local machine, the domain name is determined from the
host name, and the domain search path is constructed from
the domain name.
The file /var/named/boot.options is setup by /usr/sbin/bindconfig,
and will contain the DNS forwarders that you tell it to. I guess
that if you aren't running bind, then you do need /etc/resolv.conf
after all.
Cheers,
--
Jeff Sheinberg <jeffsh@erols.com>
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