[CentOS] differences in DNS between boxes

Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> 
>> If I really want to know what is different between two boxes, I'll do
>> something like NFS mount one into the other or rsync their /etc trees
>> somewhere on a common host and let diff -r walk through them.
> 
> 
> As indicated above, I already know the difference between the two boxes.

I find that a little hard to believe, since they behave differently and 
you seem not to understand why.

>> Are you sure this isn't as simple as having (and using, check your
>> resolv.conf) a caching name server running on one box so most lookups
>> are resolved locally while the other is making the query to something
>> slow?
> 
> resolve.config is the same on the two boxes.

Assuming you mean resolv.conf, is the the first choice one of the boxes 
in question?

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  Les Mikesell
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