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Date:      08 Apr 2006 09:24:19 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: resolver doesn't see resolv.conf changes
Message-ID:  <4464lki4jg.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060408083955.GA1041@roadrunner.q.local>
References:  <20060405152718.GA1003@roadrunner.q.local> <20060406153938.C78654@orthanc.ca> <20060408083955.GA1041@roadrunner.q.local>

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Ulrich Spoerlein <spoerlein@googlemail.com> writes:

> Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> > The solution is to run a local caching nameserver instance.  You should do this anyway, for 
> > performance reasons. Add 'named_enable="YES"' to /etc/rc.conf, and modify your 
> > /etc/dhclient.conf as follows:
> 
> Good idea, but this defeates the hierarchical purpose of DNS. Now my
> caching DNS is always querying the root DNS servers.

I worked around that by having dhclient-script rewrite the named.conf
(to add a "forwarders" clause), and restart the named.  I don't have a
laptop any more, and this doesn't seem to be one of the scripts I keep
around in my web pages, but I could go back to old backups for it...



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