Re: cfagent delays on startup

[Tim Nelson]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Sven Mueller wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I have the following setup (in a non-routable network):
>
> machine A: cfengine master, no DNS, all hosts that might connect
>           are listed in /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf doesn't exist.
> machine B: cfengine client, DNS-Server for some zones, no access to
>           any other DNS servers, all hosts it needs to know are listed
>           in /etc/hosts, no /etc/resolv.conf exists.
>
> On each startup, cfagent delays for some seconds if the DNS server (which 
> doesn't have a ROOT zone file or access to other DNS servers) is running. If 
> the DNS server isn't running, the delay doesn't occure.
>
> What strikes me is how cfagent can be influenced by a local running DNS 
> server which isn't even referenced anywhere.
>
> Any hints?

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