Thanks, Cameron D, for the suggestions. Sorry to have been so vague, I guess was in a panic situation. My problem was finally solved by forcing a reinstall of resolvconf which seemed to put everything back in proper order. Messing with /etc/resolv.conf (as in the old days) didn't work for me as it was being overwritten. For anyone with a limited knowledge of Ubuntu/Debian, such as myself, I found an excellent link to setting DNS, etc. How To Set Permanent DNS Nameservers in Ubuntu and Debian (tecmint.com) <https://www.tecmint.com/set-permanent-dns-nameservers-in-ubuntu-debian/>
Cheers, Bob On Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 8:50:15 AM UTC-5 Cameron D wrote: > yes, definitely not a weeex problem. > You have not given us anything to go on, as there are dozens of > combinations of installations that will influence this. For example > "*Resolv.conf > seems to be a simlink to something else*" is about as vague as you can > possibly get. > > > 1. When you say "my dns servers" do you really mean *you *are running > local DNS servers?, or do you mean ... "the external DNS servers my system > needs to use."? > 2. check out the documentation for systemd-resolved > > <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-resolved.service.html> > - > it sounds like you are using this systemd utility. There are many ways to > operate it > 3. if you remove the symlink at /etc/resolv.conf and replace with a > text file the information you want then systemd should leave it alone and > assume you are managing everything. > 4. are you running dhcp to give out details to your weewx system? the > dhcp client will want to update DNS server details and needs to be > compatible with however your resolver operates. > > Your best bet is to google for some guides, however be aware that some > will not be correct if they don't match your networking/server setup. > > On Friday 15 December 2023 at 10:54:06 pm UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: > >> Hello, >> Weewx 4.10.2 has been running fine but suddenly stopped FTPing to the >> main site. After checking, I found that my dns servers were missing. After >> putting them back, it ran normally for a few hours and then FTP stopped >> again because dns had disappeared. Not sure what is happening here as weewx >> is running fine. Resolv.conf seems to be a simlink to something else and >> can’t be edited. Using webmin to reset the dns servers only works for a >> short while. >> I realize this probably isn’t a weewx problem but I’m completely stumped >> as to how to fix the problem. Any help or suggestions would be greatly >> appreciated. Thanks in advance. >> Cheers, >> Bob >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a5d9ee5b-bdfc-462b-a338-29bd74d5ed38n%40googlegroups.com.
