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| author | Shawn Routhier <sar@isc.org> | 2011-09-20 16:59:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Shawn Routhier <sar@isc.org> | 2011-09-20 16:59:54 +0000 |
| commit | 394c505d2336f81e71e0f8d904332e6b46440ad6 (patch) | |
| tree | 37bc5f6783872ee7903226087745540326da2cd3 /README | |
| parent | cf648f4174469009782990ff13b35f8094d11259 (diff) | |
| download | isc-dhcp-394c505d2336f81e71e0f8d904332e6b46440ad6.tar.gz | |
Update description and comments for macos client script.
[ISC-Bugs #18891]
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -523,20 +523,23 @@ this text is only about the DHCPv6 client (``dhclient -6 ...''). The DNS configuration (domain search list and name servers' addresses) is managed by a System Configuration agent, not by /etc/resolv.conf (which is a link to /var/run/resolv.conf, which itself only reflects the internal state; -the System Configuration agent's Dynamic Store). +the System Configuration framework's Dynamic Store). -This means that modifying resolv.conf directly doesn't have the intended -effect, so the macos script sample uses its own resolv.conf.dhclient6 in -/var/run, and inserts the contents of this file into the System -Configuration agent. Because the System Configuration agent expects the -prefix along with the configured address, and a default router, this is -not usable (the DHCPv6 protocol does not today deliver this information). -Instead, ifconfig is directly used for address configuration. +This means that modifying resolv.conf directly doesn't have the +intended effect, instead the macos script sample creates its own +resolv.conf.dhclient6 in /var/run, and inserts the contents of this +file into the Dynamic Store. + +When updating the address configuration the System Configuration +framework expects the prefix and a default router along with the +configured address. As this extra information is not available via +the DHCPv6 protocol the System Configuration framework isn't usable +for address configuration, instead ifconfig is used directly. Note the Dynamic Store (from which /var/run/resolv.conf is built) is -recomputed from scratch when the current location/set is changed, for -instance when a laptop is resumed from sleep. In this case running the -dhclient-script could reinstall the resolv.conf.dhclient6 configuration. +recomputed from scratch when the current location/set is changed. +Running the dhclient-script reinstalls the resolv.conf.dhclient6 +configuration. SUPPORT |