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What could possibly happen if I lost /etc/resolve.conf file from the system in 7mode ?

arsalankhan — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:41:00 GMT

What could possibly happen if I lost /etc/resolve.conf file from the system in 7mode ?

And what if I disable DNS on cDOT cluster ?

Am using NIS and all the external servers; for example NTP are configured with their IPs (not by hostname).

Regards,

Arsalan

thomas_glodde — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:43:31 GMT

Nothing, you just cant resolve hostnames.

Have plenty of 7 & cDOT machines without dns, works fine.

Naveenpusuluru — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:10:48 GMT

If you want to setup cifs, then you need to configure /etc/resolve.conf file.