[hobbit] dns query output

Asif Iqbal iqbala-hobbit at qwestip.net
Tue Feb 7 15:43:17 CET 2006


On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 07:46:29AM, Henrik Storner wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 06:33:21PM -0500, Asif Iqbal wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 03:53:16PM, Asif Iqbal wrote:
> > >
> > > How does hobbit/bbtest-net use to get the dns query output? I am not
> > > using the --no-ares hook. I thought it uses dig @server host, but I am
> > > probably wrong about that.
> 
> It uses the c-ares library to perform the DNS queries, then formats the
> results into what you see.

I was wondering if I there is a example query I can run to show
technical groups. Ofcourse the web shows the output but may be from cli
if I could run an example it would be cool.

> 
> It never uses "dig", "nslookup" or any other external program.
> 
> > Also how do I go by compiling hobbit with djbdns library? I am already
> > running djbdns's dnscache (internal) on hobbit server and like to take
> > advantage if it for hobbit.
> 
> Using the djbdns resolver library requires some re-coding of the DNS
> routines in Hobbit. But why don't you just put "nameserver 127.0.0.1"

That is what I have been doing exactly :-)

Thanks a lot

> into your resolv.conf file ? Then Hobbit will perform the lookups
> against your local dnscache daemon, and you'll get 90% of the benefits
> without having to change anything.
> 
> 
> Henrik
> 
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