On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> 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!!
>
YES! Although you SHOULD learn how to do this yourself, I'm
going to create one you can cut out of this message and
paste into the "resolv.conf" on your system.
----------[cut here]---------
search leading.net
nameserver 216.199.0.101
nameserver 216.199.0.102
----------[cut here]---------
Now, let me explain what this stuff is:
Search -- your ISP's domain name. In this case,
"leading.net" is your ISP's domain name.
Nameserver -- it wants an IP address so it can go search
and convert an internet site name to a numeric address,
which is how it knows to load www.cnn.com for instance. In
the example of www.cnn.com, your ISP's dns server knows
that one numeric alias for www.cnn.com is 207.25.71.7. Now
there are quite a few others, but that's the first one.
Ownership of resolv.conf needs to be user "root" and
group "root." It's best to create this file as the root
user (you can just "su" to root and create a blank file
using your favorite text editor. I use joe, others prefer
pico, etc.) No matter which editor you choose you'll
need to invoke it and tell it to open
"/etc/resolv.conf". I'll use joe in this example. Type joe
/etc/resolv.conf and it'll give you a new file, into which
you'd cut and paste the above info, or just retype it.
Then, when you're done, just tell your editor to save and
exit. In joe that command is control-k+x to save and exit
all at once. In pico, I think it's just control-x.
The permissions need to be 644 ("chmod 644
/etc/resolv.conf")
John
