nscd and DNS cache

[JD]

On 05/16/2012 01:29 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 05/16/2012 02:54 PM, JD wrote:
>> I understand the libs are what make calls to the resolver. But even
>> the resolver must look
>> at /etc/resolv.conf.
> Well, you did say:  "Am I to believe that the browser is NOT using /etc/resolv.conf"
> which to me reads that you were thinking that somehow the browser itself should be
> using resolv.conf.  I'm sorry if I misread what you wrote.
>
>> If it is empty, NOTHING gets resolved.
> Not "entirely" true.
>
> With named not running.....
>
> [egreshko at f16-1 ~]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> # Generated by NetworkManager
> #search greshko.com
> #nameserver 192.168.0.55
>
> [egreshko at f16-1 ~]$ ping misty
> PING misty (192.168.0.55) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from misty (192.168.0.55): icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=1.99 ms
>
> since /etc/nsswitch.conf contains
>
> hosts:      files dns
>
> and /etc/hosts contains
>
> 192.168.0.55 misty
>
> if you take the "files" out of the hosts line....then NOTHING gets resolved.
>
>> I was using nscd thinking it is a lightweight caching resolver. But as
>> it turns out it is useless.
>> Time for fedora to bury it :)
>> Re: My router: it does very little if any caching - and has no
>> configuration for it at all.
>>
>> I will try bind.
> I've not used it....but have heard good things about dnsmasq which, according to yum
> info, is A lightweight DHCP/caching DNS server.
>

ps -ef | grep dnsmasq
nobody    2344     1  0 May14 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq 
--strict-order --bind-interfaces 
--pid-file=/var/run/libvirt/network/default.pid --conf-file= 
--except-interface lo --listen-address 192.168.122.1 --dhcp-range 
192.168.122.2,192.168.122.254 
--dhcp-leasefile=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.leases 
--dhcp-lease-max=253 --dhcp-no-override

where is dnsmask starter script? I looked in /lib/systemd/system and do 
not find these arguments
there nor in the env file listed in the start systemd start script. Also 
checked /etc/systemd/system
Nothing there that betrays these args, Seems that it is started by some 
other service?? Like vboxnet?