Re: [Openvpn-users] resolv-retry w/ multiple remote arguments

[James Yonan <jim@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Charles Duffy wrote:

> With multiple --remote arguments, as I understand it:
> 
> The default, "resolv-retry infinite", never tries anything but the first
> host. With multiple remote hosts specified, this is arguably a bad default
> value.
> 
> "resolv-retry 0" exists on the first failure, without trying any of the
> other hosts. I'm inclined to argue that this is broken: "resolv-retry 0"
> should mean, in this case, to *immediately* go on to the next host,
> without any retries; as opposed to indicating that an immediate exit is
> necessary.
> 
> Proposed fixage:
> 
> - With only one remote host:
>   - resolv-retry defaults to infinite
>   - resolution failure with resolv-retry 0 remains fatal
> - With multiple remote hosts:
>   - resolv-retry defaults to 0
>   - resolution failure with resolv-retry 0 results in a SIGUSR1

I agree -- I will add to 2.1 todo list.

James

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