Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:54:46 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail && resolv.conf changes Message-ID: <20100914085445.GA1854@current.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: <cef31329f51d7fa3d5e89b7255b5335b.squirrel@paraklet.net> References: <20100914080141.GA2286@current.Sisis.de> <cef31329f51d7fa3d5e89b7255b5335b.squirrel@paraklet.net>
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El día Tuesday, September 14, 2010 a las 09:15:49AM +0100, tomasz dereszynski escribió: > > > > > Hello, > > > > When using a laptop it is normal that there are some changes in > > resolv.conf during the live, for example: > > > > boot time: no network available > > start of PPP over UMTS: resolv.conf from provider > > start VPN to connect to company: resolv.conf from company > > ... > > > > it seems that sendmail is not aware of such changes in the resolv.conf > > and always get stuck with the old DNS and ofc does not work on incoming > > mails (provided by fetchmail). A restart helps, but is there some better > > way to let sendmail switch to the new DNS environment when resolv.conf > > changes? > > > > Thanks > > > My very wide guess would be that Sendmail starts before system obtain > network settings from DHCP. Your guess is correct :-) What I wanted to say: sendmail runs and DHCP changes in certain situations the IP, routing and DNS, and sendmail does not adopt on these changes. matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Solidarity with the zionistic pirates of Israel? Not in my name! ¿Solidaridad con los piratas sionistas de Israel? ¡No en mi nombre!
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