[OmniOS-discuss] Ang: LX Zones question: Do you miss ipadm(1M)?

[Dan McDonald]

> On Mar 30, 2017, at 5:02 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:
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> On Thu, 30 Mar 2017, Dan McDonald wrote:
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>>> On Mar 30, 2017, at 4:26 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:
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>>> The only way it could possibly work is if /etc/resolv.conf gets updated in the zone.  This is because native user-space apps/libraries take care of the DNS lookups rather than kernel code.
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>> Check out /usr/lib/brand/lx/lx_boot_zone_*.  Those scripts scribble resolv.conf at zone boot time.
> 
> Linux DHCP can overwrite files at any time, possibly weeks after boot.

Interesting.

Given "lxinit" does DHCP too, you probably shouldn't be using any Linux DHCP client in an LX zone.

Dan