Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:57:46 +0400 (MSD) From: .@babolo.ru To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Subject: Re: possible patch for implementing split DNS Message-ID: <1156841866.178399.7168.nullmailer@cicuta.babolo.ru> In-Reply-To: <44F3429F.6050204@FreeBSD.org>
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[ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > Julian Elischer wrote: > > I need some processes to look elsewhere for DNS information from where > > the rest of the system looks.. This patch seems to me a simple solution. > > We over-ride where the resolver looks for resolv.conf using an > > environment variable. This would allow me to reset this to an application > > specific config file that specifies a different server. > > > > Anyone got better ways fo doing this? > > Run the special processes in a jail with its own resolv.conf? My gut > reaction to your suggestion is negative, but I'm having a hard time > articulating a solid reason why. > > Perhaps if you described your problem in more detail, it would be easier to > work around it, but I can't help thinking that there are better ways to > solve this problem. I can describe another problem. shell computer for many groups of users, each of it want to use own "search" and probably "nameserver".
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