On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Ade Bradshaw wrote:
Im not sure if Im being much clearer now ;-) In a nutshell, if a DNS *client* has two entries in /etc/resolv.conf will it always ask the first server listed or will it choose one at random ??
From man resolv.conf:
nameserver Internet address (in dot notation) of a name server that the resolver should query. Up to MAXNS (see <resolv.h>) name servers may be listed, one per keyword. If there are multiple servers, the resolver library queries them in the order listed. If no nameserver entries are present, the default is to use the name server on the local machine. (The algorithm used is to try a name server, and if the query times out, try the next, until out of name servers, then repeat trying all the name servers until a maximum number of retries are made).
Aha, so I was right. Many thanks for finally clearing away any doubts. I think I probably misunderstood the original post (maybe).
Thanks Tom
