[RFC] Automated generation of /etc/resolv.conf from the rc.d script

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Tue Apr 22 21:11:39 UTC 2008


In message <zelmr/+4w7jJ6i0JlwWDAK5xDxU at EEu6nkWAZTlxOp7ENdKMY8AImHg>, Eygene Ry
abinkin writes:

>By the way, do you have some thoughts about the patches I had sent?
>Or you just don't need such functionality?  I am not receiving any
>comments, so does it mean that these patches are unneeded?  Anyone?
>Poul-Henning?

I think this is a much needed facility.  Some ISP's block DNS queries
from private customers to force them to use the ISP's DNS and
not having this forces a cumbersome manual configuration.

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