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For example, one to update the bind forwarders from the DNS IPs +</I>>>>><i> returned by pppd when the interface comes up. On another machine, a script +</I>>>>><i> that unloads the wireless broadband driver when the interface goes down (I +</I>>>>><i> think this modem has buggy firmware). Then, there are the existing scripts +</I>>>>><i> shipped in the distribution (e.g. to reload squid). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Just on this point in particular (as Misc has pretty much covered +</I>>><i> everything I would say and more!), the need to do this will likely go +</I>>><i> away very soon. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I don't know the full ins and outs here but AFAIK, there was/are various +</I>>><i> uses of dnsmasq in Network Manager to provide caching DNS (which I +</I>>><i> presume is the basic need with bind+forwarders). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> That's optional, but yes, you can tell to nm to manage dnsmasq or bind +</I>><i> to provides caching for dns. Dnsmasq is also used to share the +</I>><i> connection. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> To enable it, I think you need to set this : +</I>><i> +</I>><i> [main] +</I>><i> dns=dnsmasq +</I>><i> +</I>><i> ( or bind, even if this is marked experimental in git ) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I tested on nm-0.9, my network didn't explose +</I> +Cool, but regardless, all of this can and will be removed from NM soon +enough anyway. The new DNS system backed into nsswitch will be much +nicer in this regard and nscd will be able to handle all the caching needs. + +Not sure about shared connections, but that shouldn't be a problem +generally as the client can just be told to use the same upstream DNS +servers AFAIK. + +Col + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +mageia(at)colin.guthr.ie +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited [<A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A>] +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor [<A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A>] + PulseAudio Hacker [<A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A>] + Trac Hacker [<A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A>] +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="007561.html">[Mageia-dev] Proposal: Deprecate draknetcenter+network init scripts after systemd becomes default. +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="007427.html">[Mageia-dev] Proposal: Deprecate draknetcenter+network init scripts after systemd becomes default. +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#7563">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#7563">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#7563">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#7563">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |