At Mon, 03 May 2004 14:21:59 +0200, Stefan Meyer wrote: > when my DNS server is unreachable my system needs several minutes to > boot because of the default gethostbyname timeout of 5 seconds. > And when I specify two DNS server it always contacts the first and waits > for its timeout before asking server two. > > This is very annoying. Why are some simple options like timeout and > retrans (e.g. Solaris) not implemented in resolv.conf?
Glibc should support timeout and attempt option like Solaris. Please check it out. Regards, -- gotom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
