"Flush DNS cache" button

[dgaspar]

In the prefpane, it would be nice to have a button to flush the DNS cache

[specialunderwear]

That is not needed, because host file comes before dns lookup

[superwills]

@specialunderwear Interesting point, I think you're right. I think @dgaspar is talking about the need for

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

If you don't do that after editing /etc/hosts, OS X still seems to use the old values (it doesn't update)

See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4466790?start=0&tstart=0

[specialunderwear]

Yuck, that is just aweful. I'd have to say I never had this problem before, my changes to the hosts file seem to take effect immediately (as they should). So until I can confirm, this one goes on the wall as unconfirmed.

Lars van de Kerkhof

On 22 apr. 2013, at 22:53, superwills [email protected] wrote:

@specialunderwear Interesting point, I think you're right. I think @dgaspar is talking about the need for

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
If you don't do that after editing /etc/hosts, OS X still seems to use the old values (it doesn't update)

See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4466790?start=0&tstart=0

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