[plug] /etc/resolv.conf drama

[Mark Nold]

I cant tell you specifically but i know that when i used kppp or "ifup ppp0" my 
resolv.conf would be modified with the DNS servers gained from DHCP from my 
ISP. It would also blank out any settings i had.

Try looking at your resolv.conf file before and after a dialup and see what it 
says. Also try checking it after you hang up.


-----Original Message-----
From:	garry [SMTP:garbuck at tpg.com.au]
Sent:	Sunday, February 24, 2002 7:19 PM
To:	plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject:	[plug] /etc/resolv.conf drama

Hi,

I am on Woody, from a mini-woody distro iso.. Since installation, it has had
much installed, and been updated successfully.. FWIW, its on a 2.4.17 kernel,
wmaker etc..

The drama i have is that the file /etc/resolv.conf has a shocking memory.. I
load it up as follows:

search lappy
nameserver 203.12.160.35
nameserver 203.12.160.36


which is all well and good. Internet works fine through the firewall (using
dclient). Then, after what seems a random time, the internet stop working,
and sure enough the /etc/resolv.conf file  contents are :

search

Apart from being bloody annoying, it is frustrating to know that the gremlins
are at work..

Anyone seen a similar drama before?

TIA

Garry.