On 05 Dec 2003, Joerg Johannes wrote: > Am Fr, den 05.12.2003 schrieb Anthony Campbell um 14:58: > > According to the man page for resolv.conf it is not supposed to be > > necesssary on a properly configured system. However I can't connect to > > my dialup ISP without it. This creates problems when I use a different > > ISP. > > > > What needs to be configured to make it unnecessary? > > Just a wild guess: > How do you connect to the 'net? pon/poff or wvdial or ...? > I always use pon/poff, and it seems that a script takes resolv.conf, > copies it to resolv.conf.bak (or something alike), copies your > /etc/ppp/resolv/provider to /etc/resolv.conf, and after poff it is > removed and the original file is restored. Maybe this mechanism only > works if /etc/resolv.conf is present? > > joerg > > -- > Gib GATES keine Chance!
Yes, I'm using pon/poff also. I've noticed previously that it does write /etc/ppp/resolv.conf at times but I don't think it does anything to /etc/resolv.conf here. I have to admit I don't understand this at all well. Anthony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
