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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


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