CUPS and DNS

[angelb]

> angelb wrote:
> > ...
> > What I don't see(or don’t understand) is how CUPS reference a secondary
> > DNS server listed in the resolv.conf file. I intentionally entered a
> > non-responding IP address in resolv.conf as the first entry, an lpstat
> > command will return after a period of time(30-40seconds later) but
> > there is no trace(or at least I don't see it) of how CUPS use the
> > secondary server. How is it done?
>
> You'd need to look at the resolver code (part of glibc on Linux) to
> see what is going on.  CUPS just uses the system-provided services
> so we don't have any control over that sort of thing... :(
>
> --
>

Yes, that's true. This is actualy on AIX and the service is controlled
under the kernel's TCPIP services.

But I thought I'd give it a shot... :)


Thanks,
Angel