Hi ,
If the file doesn't exist, I have a question. Have you used linuxconfig to set
up your ppp connection or kppp? Either one of these is supposed to create the
file from what I've read. But- I'm a newbie to so I could be wrong. Look on the
brightside though. I have an ISP that provides filtered internet access and they
refuse to give me the IP addresses for the domain name servers.
Question, I tried to manually configure the proxy settings in Netscape and it
tells me the proxy is not recognized so it refuses to accept the entries. Do I
have to enter the proxy somewhere else first? I wouldn't think so, The win
version accepted the entries with no problem.
Aaron deRozario wrote:
> Advice from a newbie - treat with caution ;-)
>
> If you don't have /etc/resolv.conf you can create it by firing up your
> favourite text editor (emacs, vi, kwrite) and simply saving an empty file as
> /etc/resolve.conf. Of course since you need to edit the file with the
> appropriate information you may as well do that at the same time.
> resolve.conf I think follows the format (see if there's a man page for
> resolve.conf it will have the exact format)
>
> nameserver (eg ozemail.com.au)
> DNS IP address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)
> DNS2 IP address (if there is two nameservers)
>
> If you use kppp then it will take care of editing /etc/resolve.conf for you.
> I think if you use kppp resolve.conf needs to be writeable by those users
> that will have ppp access. chmod 666 should do it
>
> Read the ppp how-to's if what I said doesn't work, or check the archives -
> DNS problems come up very regularly on the list. I think the Kppp help
> files also have useful information.
>
> Aaron
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark & Nina Drake [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:10 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Connectivity
> >
> > Okay, tried to go to /etc/resolv.conf. It does not exist!! Can I build
> > this
> > file and insert it into the etc directory? If so, where can I get info on
> > how to do this? Thanks!!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 04:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Connectivity
> >
> >
> > >On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Okay, I have set up my internet connection using netcfg. I get a
> > dialing sound and my computer goes through the motions of connecting to my
> > ISP. They seem to connect because I can see the the send and receive
> > indicators blinking on my external modem. When I try to run Netscape I get
> > a
> > server error and it also tells me that there is a problem with the name
> > server, and that I need to set the $SOCKS_NS variable to point to the
> > server. Also, when I ping my network it says "network unreachable". Have I
> > missed some easy connection to get it all running? Any help would be
> > greatly
> > appreciated.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
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> > >First, ditch the HTML. It's not appreciated in this list.
> > >Second, open up a root console window and go to /etc/ and
> > >edit your /etc/resolv.conf so that it has your ISP's DNS
> > >servers. It should look something like this:
> > >search chattanooga.net
> > >nameserver 209.54.120.2
> > >nameserver 209.54.120.3
> > >
> > >The "chattanooga.net" would be replaced with your ISP,
> > >"leading.net" Second, you'd replace the above numbers with
> > >the IP addresses of your ISP, leading.net. To find out that
> > >information, call your ISP and ask what their DNS numbers
> > >are and plug 'em in above in place of MY dns numbers.
> > >I won't put something together for you to just copy and paste,
> > >because I firmly believe that you learn by doing. I gave
> > >you the example from my system, so you know the way it
> > >should look.
> > > John
> > >
