Subject: Re: reloading /etc/resolv.conf
To: Bill Squier <groo@old-ones.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/26/2003 10:23:55
It would be nice to fix this someday. A kqueue listening on the
/etc/resolv.conf file would do it nicely without having to poll.
groo@old-ones.com (Bill Squier) writes:
> > I see. So one should restart any daemons that do DNS lookups (e.g. mail
> > servers)?
>
> Well, if they're long running daemons and their invocation of res_init()
> predates your /etc/resolv.conf change, then unfortunately yes.
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Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com