From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 17 6:59:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from donhm.calcasieu.com (dread.austin.texas.net [206.127.24.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6983415758; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 06:59:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dread@donhm.calcasieu.com) Received: (from dread@localhost) by donhm.calcasieu.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA01684; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 08:58:05 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dread) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3859C580.A4B9FAD8@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 08:58:05 -0600 (CST) From: Don Read To: Jim Durham Subject: Re: Resolv.conf question Cc: freebsd hackers , Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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