Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 08:58:05 -0600 (CST) From: Don Read <dread@texas.net> To: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Cc: freebsd hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Resolv.conf question Message-ID: <XFMail.991217085805.dread@texas.net> In-Reply-To: <3859C580.A4B9FAD8@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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On 17-Dec-99 Jim Durham wrote: > Mike Smith wrote: >> >> > Something in the daily scripts seemed to eliminate the >> > first line, containing the local nameserver. I say this >> > because the file date was 1:59am, the time that periodic/daily >> > runs. I put it back every day, and the next day, it was gone again. >> > >> > I hunted quite a while in the scripts, but couldn't >> > figure out what was doing this? >> >> Nothing should. >> >> > Just for the sake of my curiosity, what was modifiying >> > resolv.conf? Is this a security feature? >> >> No idea. Are you running DHCP there by any chance? >> > > Nope. There's an NT box on the LAN doing DHCP. > > 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. > to mail the output of the periodic; sendmail is pulling up ppp > Seemed wierd to me.. me too. Regards, -- Don Read dread@calcasieu.com EDP Manager dread@texas.net Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX -- No Coffee No Peace To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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