On 13/11/12 09:59, Tim wrote:
I seem to recall that there is a way to set the timeout delay before abandoning the first query, and querying the next server, but I don't recall the details, and there's no man file for resolv.conf on this installation of F17. I don't know if there's configuration options about always trying the first server, first.
It looks like there is a way. From man resolv.conf: options Options allows certain internal resolver variables to be modified. The syntax is options option ... where option is one of the following: timeout:n sets the amount of time the resolver will wait for a response from a remote name server before retrying the query via a different name server. Measured in seconds, the default is RES_TIMEOUT (currently 5, see <resolv.h>). The value for this option is silently capped to 30. attempts:n sets the number of times the resolver will send a query to its name servers before giving up and returning an error to the calling application. The default is RES_DFLRETRY (currently 2, see <resolv.h>). The value for this option is silently capped to 5. It's not clear to me how to type the command though. The 5 second timeout seems much to long when combined with 5 tries, perhaps fewer tries would be better? However I imagine there were good reasons for the defaulsts ... -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box7 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
