Jim Roland wrote: > > > What's the best way to flush the kernel (2.4) resolver cache? > > > > kernel resolver cache? > > I'm assuming so, even when the /etc/resolv.conf nameservers have been > updated (confirmed with a "host host.domain.com ns.nameserver.com" or with > nslookup) the kernel still seems to "remember" old answers until the expire > or refresh time has been reached. Some part of the system might be caching DNS lookups, but it isn't the kernel. The kernel doesn't know what DNS is. > > > Cycling named (DNS) on the box does not flush the cache. > > > > Are you running nscd? > > Just on a whim, since named (vixie bind), was running on the box thinking it > was caching the queries, I shut it down completely. No change to my > problem. But are you running nscd? And what is the problem, exactly? What are the specific symptoms? -- Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net> - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
