Lars Müller said the following on 11/26/2009 07:17 AM:
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:55:32PM +0100, Joachim Schrod wrote:
Otto Rodusek wrote: [ 8< ]
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns That means that if hotmail.com's MX record is not found in Zeroconf (i.e., the avahi daemon, implementing Apple's Bonjour protocol), it returns immediately, without contacting your DNS servers.
There are two possible remedies:
1) If you don't know what Zeroconf is and have no Apple system, remove the string "mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] " from the line above. I.e., leave only files and dns.
But then we might lose the abilty to resolve hostname without having setup a DNS server in the LAN.
No, that is not the case. In short, "hosts: files dns" means: First consult /etc/hosts then use what's specified in etc/resolv.conf While its useful for a SMB and larger to have a internal DNS server, especially if hosts appear and disappear using DHCP, its not necessary for a home network or a small office where the network configuration is fixed and can be specified in /etc/hosts. In that case the /etc/resolv.conf uses the values supplied by the ISP. Or perhaps, as is the case in my home network, the firewall/router/CPE connects to my cable ISP using DHCP and my internal hosts all have /etc/resolv.conf pointing to the inside port of the firewall, which acts as a proxy/cache/relayer. KISS -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences. -- C. S. Lewis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org