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quayasil

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Registered: 2008-11-09

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netctl and DNS client issues

AFAIK there is nothing wrong in placing both 'domain' and 'nssearch' in '/etc/resolv.conf'. I'm afraid that netctl ignores 'DNSSearch' entry if 'DNSDomain' is present. Is it a bug or a 'feature'?

My experience shows that netctl incorrectly handles the 'DNS' entry: if it contains '127.0.0.1' all other nameservers are ignored (not placed in '/etc/resolv.conf'. It is a problem if a server is running a secondary DNS which is frequently down for upgrade/maintenance/testing.
(OK, found this issue discussed, bug-reported and "fixed")

Last edited by quayasil (2013-07-11 12:50:36)