At 09:32 28/08/2002, you wrote: >Hello! > >I run a ircd and named on the same server. My resolver >(/etc/resolver.conf) is setup so that it points only to localhost (DNS >is running on the same server). > >Now for a reason not related to ircd I changed the IP address of one >of my DNS. Everything else works except ircd, it still queries the old >IP address (confirmed by stracing ircd). I do not want to kill ircd, >is there a way to refresh the internal resolver in ircd? If not why in >earth does it cache the nameservers and why doesn't it timeout the >entries properly (DNS refresh periods). I'm running 2.10.10-pl18 on >Linux 2.4.
Hello, sorry but you NEED to /restart ircd for it to re-read your /etc/resolv.conf file. regards, >Thank you in advance for your assistance. -- nighty
