DNS problems this morning -

[Tim]

Tim:
> > My reading of the man file suggested that one would add the options into
> > the resolv.conf file.  Else why else are they mentioned in the man file
> > for it?
> >
> > e.g.
> > /etc/resolv.conf
> > domain lan.example.com.
> > search lan.example.com.
> > nameserver 192.168.1.2
> > options timeout:1
> >
> > But what would the syntax be?  Like I've tried, above?  Are there any
> > samples in your man file?

Rick Stevens:
> That's the right syntax, but since you only have one name server 
> specified the timeout would be essentially ignored.

When tried on my actual settings, which did have two nameservers, it
didn't appear to change anything.  Well, not to the dig or nslookup
commands.

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[tim at localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
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