On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 03:39:39PM -0500, Allen Weiner wrote: > > Changes to /etc/resolv.conf are used right away. > > I'll accept what you say. But I can conceive of a scenario where the > file is read at boot time, and used to fill out kernel data structures. > The kernel might not be aware until reboot if the file is subsequently > modified.
resolv.conf is not used by the kernel, ever.
It's used by glibc when doing lookups.
It does *not* require a reboot.
Trust us.
-m
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