Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 08:20:33 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I specify the resolver timeout? Message-ID: <20040531072033.GB50113@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040531033857.GB3260@gothmog.gr> References: <036501c44668$3b35ef30$6501a8c0@yourqqh4336axf> <20040531031209.GA3089@gothmog.gr> <016f01c446bf$29bdf7f0$6501a8c0@yourqqh4336axf> <20040531033857.GB3260@gothmog.gr>
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On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 06:38:58AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2004-05-30 22:26, adp <dap99@i-55.com> wrote:
> >"Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
> >>On 2004-05-30 12:04, adp <dap99@i-55.com> wrote:
> >>> Is there a way to override this timeout value? I know it is possible
> >>> on other UNIX systems, such as AIX.
> >>>
> >>> Basically, we want to get a response within 3 seconds or the resolver
> >>> should try the second DNS server.
> >>
> >> Look at resolv.conf(5). More specifically at the "options timeout" op=
tion.
> >
> > I did in fact look at the manpage and did not find that option. I just
> > looked again and I still can't find it.
> >
> > # man resolv.conf | grep -i timeout
> > # uname -r
> > 4.10-BETA
> >
> > Are you running FreeBSD 5.x perhaps?
> >
> > If the option is available and my manpage is wrong then that's fine.
> > Just let me know. :)
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> Hmmm, I *am* running 5.X. Looking at the manpage source I see that this
> option's missing from the 4.X sources :(
This came up on the list quite recently. The source for the FreeBSD
resolver.5 man page (/usr/src/share/man/man5/resolver.5) is maintained
separately from the equivalent BIND source contributed from the ISC
(/usr/src/contrib/bind/doc/man/resolver.5) The 'timeout:' and
'attempts:' entries in the FreeBSD man page are there in HEAD and have
been for 5 months, but (despite the CVS comment on version 1.10 of the
page) haven't been MFC'd to RELENG_4 or RELENG_5_2 yet.
Whether this means that support is available in the underlying
resolver libraries is another question.
Cheers,
Matthew
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