Re: Questions regarding shell/startup scripts
On Thursday 11 September 2008 08:48:24 SCarlson wrote: > Hey guys -- > > Does anyone's resolv.conf get stomped on every time the machine is > rebooted? I have been adding my nameservers by hand.. Just wondering if > there is a good reason for this? Embedded systems typically have resolv.conf in volatile memory, due to the value changing regularly, with /etc/resolv.conf symlinked. udhcpc will use /var/run/resolv.conf. Unless you script something up to modify /var/run/resolv.conf, you may encounter problems when /etc/resolv.conf is not symlinked. I currently only use my own scripts to invoke wpa/udhcpc, nothing special and all works fine with no modifications. At this point I don't see any benefit in modifying startup scripts unless the changes are also made upstream and won't break when someone actually cleans up dns resolving amongst apps and services. Why static entries are being made in flash and why some apps aren't aware of a 'typical' scheme is a bit beyond me. It's not hard to manually overwrite /var/run/resolv.conf by hand or scripted and you have the added benefit of not modifying the base system. Sarton ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Questions regarding shell/startup scripts
SCarlson wrote: > > Hey guys -- > > Does anyone's resolv.conf get stomped on every time the machine is > rebooted? I have been adding my nameservers by hand.. Just wondering if > there is a good reason for this? Look at /etc/network/interfaces; in some cases it overwrites resolv.conf there (and if it doesn't you can have it do that) > > Also, Where should I go to force BASH as my default shell Edit /etc/passwd, but I remember trying that and it prevented terminal from working. I just tried again, and it still doesn't work somehow. -- Charles-Henri ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Questions regarding shell/startup scripts
SCarlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone's resolv.conf get stomped on every time the machine is > rebooted? I have been adding my nameservers by hand.. Just wondering > if there is a good reason for this? I don't know about why it happens, but you can have the nameservers added automatically by adding a couple of lines to /etc/network/interfaces on your Neo. Check the section "Configure Default Neo DNS" in http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Usb_networking. > Also, Where should I go to force BASH as my default shell, and/or how > do i get an ASH init script that loads everytime I open a terminal. > (If I could do this, I'd just automate the resolv.conf stuffer.) Take care if you change your default shell to Bash. I tried this (by editing /etc/passwd manually - of course the "right" way would be to use chsh or usermod, but neither exists in OM 2008.8 as far as I can see), and while it worked, it caused some problems when using SCP to transfer files to and from the Neo. Digging on the web suggested the problem was due to Dropbear sshd not getting along with Bash. I can describe more details of the problem if anyone's interested... Tom -- Thomas White - Downing College - Electron Microscopy Group (PhD Student), Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy University of Cambridge ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Questions regarding shell/startup scripts
Maybe you should first write which distro you use if you want usefull answers. ;) SCarlson wrote: > > Hey guys -- > > Does anyone's resolv.conf get stomped on every time the machine is > rebooted? I have been adding my nameservers by hand.. Just wondering if > there is a good reason for this? > > Also, Where should I go to force BASH as my default shell, and/or how do i > get an ASH init script that loads everytime I open a terminal. (If I could > do this, I'd just automate the resolv.conf stuffer.) > > Thanks! > > Scott ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Questions regarding shell/startup scripts
Hey guys -- Does anyone's resolv.conf get stomped on every time the machine is rebooted? I have been adding my nameservers by hand.. Just wondering if there is a good reason for this? Also, Where should I go to force BASH as my default shell, and/or how do i get an ASH init script that loads everytime I open a terminal. (If I could do this, I'd just automate the resolv.conf stuffer.) Thanks! Scott -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Questions-regarding-shell-startup-scripts-tp1081442p1081442.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
