Date: 17 Dec 1999 09:25:56 +0100 From: Bjorn Danielsson <carbon-unit-1@urquell.pilsnet.sunet.se> To: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Cc: freebsd hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Resolv.conf question Message-ID: <yqfbt7qdld7.fsf@urquell.pilsnet.sunet.se> In-Reply-To: Jim Durham's message of "Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:09:20 -0500" References: <199912170143.RAA03627@mass.cdrom.com> <3859C580.A4B9FAD8@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > The 3.3 Box is a local server on a disconnected LAN talking > to a "remote" server that spools mail, which is grabbed by > fetchmail. We are running PPP on-demand to the external > server via a dial-up to an ISP. However, PPP only holds the > line up from 8am-8pm and this is happening at 1:59am, coinciding > with the "periodic daily" scripts from crontab. Try changing "netstat -i" to "netstat -ni" in the script /etc/periodic/daily/420.status-network Maybe the reverse dns lookup done by netstat -i tries to activate ppp which then wipes /etc/resolv.conf. Just a crazy idea... -- Björn Danielsson KTHNOC / Swedish University Network (mail me for my real e-mail address) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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