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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!europa.clark.net!howland.erols.net!news2.digex.net!not-for-mail From: Dale Ghent <daleg-hatesspam@maximum.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: resolv.conf/named Question Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 23:46:02 -0400 Organization: The Secret Organization Lines: 19 Message-ID: <33A3657A.167EB0E7@maximum.net> References: <5nv4bo$lob@netaxs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: orion.digex.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4m) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42984 A. Karl Heller wrote: > > Simple question that I can't seem to find an answer to. > > If I'm running named, should I have a resolv.conf file? > I remember reading somewhere that you shouldn't have resolv.conf if you > are running named. > > On 2.1.7.1 running PPP, if I remove resolv.conf and startup the machine, > the boot sequence hangs when starting sendmail ( sometimes ), I hit control > c and continue with the boot, but networking is a bit messed up. Uhm, yeah... Always have a resolv.conf. Things can break without it (as you've mentioned) and I see no point in NOT having one. Without DNS, your resolver relies only on /etc/hosts to get name resolution, and I dont think you have every host on the internet listed in there. Keeping it wont hurt anything. -Dale G.