<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div></div><div><p class="MsoPlainText">The majority of my systems are hard coded IPs so my
default setting is --dns=ip in hobbitlaunch.cfg for bbtest-net to cut down on
actual DNS traffic. There is still the occasion to need to use 0.0.0.0 when
testing connectivity and other settings via CNAMED hosts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Requires a simple code change of bbtest-net.c<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Line 788 (or there abouts, depending on what version you
are using) is this line.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>if (!h->testip &&
(dnsmethod != IP_ONLY)) add_host_to_dns_queue(h->hostname);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">change it to this<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>if ((!h->testip && (dnsmethod != IP_ONLY)) ||
(strcmp(h->ip, "0.0.0.0") == 0))
add_host_to_dns_queue(h->hostname);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">and you will still be able to do --dns=ip and still do
DNS searches on those systems that require a DNS lookup.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div>--<br><br><div>Jim Sloan</div><br><br><div>Just remember, today is the day you thought tomorrow was going to be yesterday.<div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div></div></div><div style="position:fixed"></div>
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