resolv.conf usage

11-16-2004, 02:50 AM

Question about how /etc/resolv.conf is used.

Does the system use the second nameserver ip if the first nameserver ip
returns no resolution for a name?

11-16-2004, 03:03 AM

Bit Twister wrote:
> Question about how /etc/resolv.conf is used.
>
> Does the system use the second nameserver ip if the first nameserver ip
> returns no resolution for a name?

The second address is used if the first does not respond.
If the first responds with a negative lookup, you're done.

11-16-2004, 03:06 AM

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 04:03:37 GMT, Allen Kistler wrote:
> Bit Twister wrote:
>> Question about how /etc/resolv.conf is used.
>>
>> Does the system use the second nameserver ip if the first nameserver ip
>> returns no resolution for a name?
>
> The second address is used if the first does not respond.
> If the first responds with a negative lookup, you're done.

Thank you. That is what I thought.

11-16-2004, 04:00 AM

Bit Twister <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

]Question about how /etc/resolv.conf is used.

]Does the system use the second nameserver ip if the first nameserver ip
]returns no resolution for a name?

Yes.

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