Re: CVS commit: src/etc/rc.d

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

On Saturday 08 August 2009 18:23:38 Alan Barrett wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Aug 2009, Tonnerre LOMBARD wrote:
> > I don't think any sysadmin in the right mind would put _solely_ the
> > local host into that file.
>
> It has been my practice for may years to have "127.0.0.1" as the only
> nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf.  I highly recommend this practice.
>
> If I am behind a broken firewall or DNS interceptor, then I put
> the addresses DHCP told me about into "forwarders" in named.conf,
> not into resolv.conf.

I highly recommend using a resolvconf implementation as discussed earlier 
which automates just that.

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2009/03/24/msg001924.html

Thanks

Roy