misc/106902: Suggest, setting nameservers in rc.conf

Dominic Fandrey lon_kamikaze at gmx.de
Tue Dec 19 00:20:27 PST 2006


>Number:         106902
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Suggest, setting nameservers in rc.conf
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Dec 19 08:20:17 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dominic Fandrey
>Release:        Releng_6
>Organization:
private
>Environment:
FreeBSD mobileKamikaze.norad 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Sat Nov 25 12:55:14 CET 2006     root at homeKamikaze.norad:/usr/obj/TPR40-6/i386/usr/src/sys/TPR40-6  i386
>Description:
I find it useful to init my resolv.conf upon boot time, especially because it gets changed all the time on my notebook. And I'm not running a DHCP server at home. Maybe others find it useful as well. So here is my suggester rc script, called resolv.

I think the only change required to put it into base, would be to move the defaults into /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
#!/bin/sh

# PROVIDE: resolv
# BEFORE: NETWORKING

: ${resolv_enable="NO"}
: ${resolv_nameserver=""}
: ${resolv_search=""}

. /etc/rc.subr

name="resolv"
rcvar=`set_rcvar`

resolv="/etc/resolv.conf"

resolv_start() {
	echo "# Nameservers set by resolv." > "$resolv"
	for nameserver in $resolv_nameserver; {
		echo "nameserver	$nameserver" >> "$resolv"
	}
	for search in $resolv_search; {
		echo "search	$search" >> "$resolv"
	}
}

start_cmd=resolv_start

load_rc_config $name
run_rc_command "$1"
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