Hi, On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 11:09:41AM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org> [030403 20:20]: > > > and also > > > sharper than can easily be drawn in practice. E.g., is > > > resolv.conf a configuration file or a state file? > > > > Configuration. Why wouldn't it be? Just because the dhcp clients write > > to it instead of /var/something? (DHCP machines, IMHO, should have a > > symlink from /etc/resolv.conf to /var/whatever. Even Mac OS X does > > this...) Even better would be an include directive in /etc/resolv.conf, > > but you can't have everything ;-) > > Even an include directive would not solve the need of restarting > programs after changing nets. Who volunteers to write a save > reliablle forwarder, so that 127.0.0.1 can be put in there and > dhcp-clients only have to cange the forwarders file and send a sighup? Just run a local cache like djbdns' dnscache, and forget the forwarding altogether. That way you don't even need the HUP. Cheers, Emile. -- E-Advies - Emile van Bergen emile@e-advies.nl tel. +31 (0)70 3906153 http://www.e-advies.nl
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