On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 06:38:58AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2004-05-30 22:26, adp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >"Giorgos Keramidas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On 2004-05-30 12:04, adp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Is there a way to override this timeout value? I know it is possible > >>> on other UNIX systems, such as AIX. > >>> > >>> Basically, we want to get a response within 3 seconds or the resolver > >>> should try the second DNS server. > >> > >> Look at resolv.conf(5). More specifically at the "options timeout" option. > > > > I did in fact look at the manpage and did not find that option. I just > > looked again and I still can't find it. > > > > # man resolv.conf | grep -i timeout > > # uname -r > > 4.10-BETA > > > > Are you running FreeBSD 5.x perhaps? > > > > If the option is available and my manpage is wrong then that's fine. > > Just let me know. :) > > Hmmm, I *am* running 5.X. Looking at the manpage source I see that this > option's missing from the 4.X sources :(
This came up on the list quite recently. The source for the FreeBSD resolver.5 man page (/usr/src/share/man/man5/resolver.5) is maintained separately from the equivalent BIND source contributed from the ISC (/usr/src/contrib/bind/doc/man/resolver.5) The 'timeout:' and 'attempts:' entries in the FreeBSD man page are there in HEAD and have been for 5 months, but (despite the CVS comment on version 1.10 of the page) haven't been MFC'd to RELENG_4 or RELENG_5_2 yet. Whether this means that support is available in the underlying resolver libraries is another question. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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