On 17-Dec-99 Jim Durham wrote:
> Mike Smith wrote:
>>
>> > Something in the daily scripts seemed to eliminate the
>> > first line, containing the local nameserver. I say this
>> > because the file date was 1:59am, the time that periodic/daily
>> > runs. I put it back every day, and the next day, it was gone again.
>> >
>> > I hunted quite a while in the scripts, but couldn't
>> > figure out what was doing this?
>>
>> Nothing should.
>>
>> > Just for the sake of my curiosity, what was modifiying
>> > resolv.conf? Is this a security feature?
>>
>> No idea. Are you running DHCP there by any chance?
>>
>
> Nope. There's an NT box on the LAN doing DHCP.
>
> The 3.3 Box is a local server on a disconnected LAN talking
> to a "remote" server that spools mail, which is grabbed by
> fetchmail. We are running PPP on-demand to the external
> server via a dial-up to an ISP. However, PPP only holds the
> line up from 8am-8pm and this is happening at 1:59am, coinciding
> with the "periodic daily" scripts from crontab.
>
to mail the output of the periodic; sendmail is pulling up ppp
> Seemed wierd to me..
me too.
Regards,
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