CentOS - Jun 2005 - How many supported DNS IP addresses maybe configured in/etc/resolv.conf ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf Of Prasad Pillarisetti
> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:32 PM
> To: centos at centos.org
> Subject: [CentOS] How many supported DNS IP addresses maybe configured
> in/etc/resolv.conf ?
> 
> How many supported DNS IP addresses maybe configured in
/etc/resolv.conf ?
> 
> Is it only 3, or can I configure more?
There is no limit that I am aware of to the number of 'nameserver'
directives if that's what you're asking. They'll all be tried in
sequence until a response is received. From the resolv.conf man page --

"The algorithm used is to try a name server, and if the query times out,
try the next, until out of name servers, then repeat trying all the name
servers until a maximum number of retries are made"

IMHO, if 2 or 3 aren't sufficient then you should really consider the
root cause why you need more and correct that ;)

--
Marc