resolv.conf option rotate not working

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Issue

  • Why does the rotate option in resolv.conf not distribute name resolution queries across nameservers?

  • The DNS queries are NOT rotating among the /etc/resolv.conf nameservers. Queries are only going to the first nameserver line, even though we specified the rotate option in /etc/resolv.conf.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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