Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-09-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:37:21 +0200, Thomas Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 20:25, Manoj Srivastava wrote: I have a laptop that sometimes is on fixed ip wireless networks. Since dhcp is not involved, there is nothing that updates resolvconf, which could be pointing to an

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-09-28 Thread Neil Roeth
On Sep 28, Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:37:21 +0200, Thomas Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 20:25, Manoj Srivastava wrote: I have a laptop that sometimes is on fixed ip wireless networks. Since dhcp is not involved, there is

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-09-28 Thread Thomas Hood
Manoj wrote: I would be interested in knowing how you set it up equivalent to cardctl scheme allows me to set up pcmcia networks. cardmgr's system of configuring things dependently upon scheme,socket,instance,hwaddr is quite powerful but it is possible to configure interfaces dependently on

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-09-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:49:28 +0200, Thomas Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Manoj wrote: I would be interested in knowing how you set it up equivalent to cardctl scheme allows me to set up pcmcia networks. cardmgr's system of configuring things dependently upon scheme,socket,instance,hwaddr

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-09-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I have a laptop that sometimes is on fixed ip wireless networks. Since dhcp is not involved, there is nothing that updates resolvconf, which could be pointing to an inaccurate set of servers. The solution, in my case, was to add the following star and stop functions to

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-09-26 Thread Thomas Hood
On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 20:25, Manoj Srivastava wrote: I have a laptop that sometimes is on fixed ip wireless networks. Since dhcp is not involved, there is nothing that updates resolvconf, which could be pointing to an inaccurate set of servers. If you bring the interface up with ifup

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-09-25 Thread Jerry Haltom
Are there plans to run up commands in interfaces after dns-nameservers? Some of my up commands, and probably others, consist of setting up static routes to other boxes. It is nice to be able to specify these other boxes by name, and have it resolved using the name servers set up by the resolvconf

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-09-25 Thread Thomas Hood
On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 07:29, Jerry Haltom wrote: Are there plans to run up commands in interfaces after dns-nameservers? That would be desirable. It would require a change to the ifupdown package. Also, this may seem a LITTLE bit silly, but can dns-domainnames be provided with a name, which

Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-09-24 Thread Thomas Hood
The resolvconf package provides a framework for dynamic updating of /etc/resolv.conf and other nameserver lists. (See the long description at packages.debian.org/resolvconf .) The resolvconf package is now at version 0.44 in unstable. If you are interested in the package and haven't tested it

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Thomas Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 01:00, Goswin Brederlow wrote: You should think of a mechanism for daemons to get notified about changes in resolv.conf. There is already such a mechanism. See below. Like providing a function to register a script and a

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-06 Thread Thomas Hood
On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 22:40, Simon Hürlimann wrote: I'd prefer update-resolv like update-alternatives update-initrd update-catalog update-ispell-dictionary update-default-aspell update-menus update-default-ispell update-mime to name just a

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-06 Thread Thomas Hood
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 01:00, Goswin Brederlow wrote: You should think of a mechanism for daemons to get notified about changes in resolv.conf. There is already such a mechanism. See below. Like providing a function to register a script and a list of arguments (like the PID of the program to

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-06 Thread Thomas Hood
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 01:32, Marco d'Itri wrote: On Jul 05, Thomas Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Before entering the Debian archive it would be nice if resolvconf were supported by all packages that currently futz with /etc/resolv.conf, including pump and bind. If you mean that if

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-06 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h * Thomas Hood [Sat, Jul 05 2003, 09:51:56PM]: Summary ~~~ Resolvconf is a proposed standard framework for updating the system's information about currently available nameservers. Most importantly, it manages /etc/resolv.conf , but it does a bit more than that. The

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-06 Thread Thomas Hood
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 12:13, Thomas Hood wrote: No, I meant that before entering the Debian archive it would be nice if resolvconf were supported by all packages that currently futz with /etc/resolv.conf, including pump and bind. Which other packages? I guess I need to explain more

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-06 Thread Thomas Hood
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 12:42, Eduard Bloch wrote: Please, would you consider to add another feature: priorising some entries depending on the source. That means: pppoeconf's and pppconfig's script run the tool with parameter --class dialup, dhcp clients with --class dynamic and the default

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-06 Thread Thomas Hood
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 01:52, Nick Phillips wrote: Actually I think the simplest form would be to have /etc/resolvconf/notify.d and run all scripts in there at the relevant times, with any necessary arguments (which would be standard). Please take a look at how resolvconf runs the scripts in

Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-05 Thread Thomas Hood
Summary ~~~ Resolvconf is a proposed standard framework for updating the system's information about currently available nameservers. Most importantly, it manages /etc/resolv.conf , but it does a bit more than that. Background and rationale During the long discussion

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-05 Thread Simon Hürlimann
Am Samstag, 5. Juli 2003 21.51 schrieb Thomas Hood: Summary ~~~ Resolvconf is a proposed standard framework for updating the system's information about currently available nameservers. Cool, I really like this idea. the need to supply resolver information to DNS cache programs such as

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Thomas Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Summary ~~~ Resolvconf is a proposed standard framework for updating the system's information about currently available nameservers. Most importantly, it manages /etc/resolv.conf , but it does a bit more than that. You should think of a

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-05 Thread Nick Phillips
On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 01:00:20AM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: The simplest form would be: resolv.conf-register /etc/init.d/squid reload Actually I think the simplest form would be to have /etc/resolvconf/notify.d and run all scripts in there at the relevant times, with any necessary

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-05 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jul 05, Thomas Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Before entering the Debian archive it would be nice if resolvconf were supported by all packages that currently futz with /etc/resolv.conf, including pump and bind. If you mean that if should be mandatory to install this package on every