Subj : Re: gethostbyname problem
To   : comp.os.linux
From : gordian
Date : Thu Jul 29 2004 09:55 am

many daemon processes re-read their configuration files
on a hangup signal. So it may be worth to try

kill -HUP <processid>

//gordian

oldami wrote:
> I have a daemon process that runs at startup and uploads 
> files periodically to a server.  The system is setup to 
> automatically fail over to a modem line when the network 
> fails.  This part works fine. After the modem connects, 
> the /etc/resolv.conf file is updated with the ISP provided 
> DNS server addresses. This is working also.
> 
> The problem is that my daemon fails on the gethostbyname call
> after this happens.  If I stop and restart the daemon after 
> the modem is connected, it works fine.  It acts like the 
> gethostbyname function reads the resolv.conf file only 
> once when first called.
> 
> Does anyone know if this is the case?
> Is there a work-around, other than stopping and starting
> the daemon?
> 
> Many thanks for any help you can offer.
> 
> --
> oldami - oldami@cotse.net
> 
> 
>

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