Question about nslookup

Didier Kryn kryn at in2p3.fr
Fri Mar 19 16:26:54 UTC 2010


Denys Vlasenko a écrit :
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Didier Kryn <kryn at in2p3.fr> wrote:
>   
>>> It is likely /etc/resolv.conf
>>>
>>>       
>>   In principle, there is always a DNS available through a broadcast
>> request.
>>     
>
> (1) Why do you think so?
>
> (2) Documentation says that without /etc/resolv.conf, libc assumes
>     that DNS server is on 127.0.0.1, so even is there is a DNS server
>     on your network, reachable by bcast, libc will not try to find it.
>
>   
    Denys, you are perfectly right here, of course, that's what 
resolv.conf is all about. But the fact is that even with the correct 
resolv.conf (the same as outside the chroot) it does not work. Of course 
the next step will be to obtain the resolv.conf from the dhcp answer.

    Thanks.

    Didier



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