> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:50:17 -0500 <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote:
> >
> > $ sudo apt-get install bind9
> >
> > Then ensure that 'nameserver 127.0.0.1' exists in /etc/resolv.conf and
> > you should be set. By "ensure" I mean that you should use either
> > 'resolvconf' to maintain that file or perhaps use a 'dns-nameservers'
> > statement in /etc/network/interfaces or edit the resolv.conf file
> > manually or whatever is appropriate for your system.
>
> FYI, "dns-nameservers" is a resolvconf "customization" of e-n-i so
> "either...or"'s not quite right.
>
Thanks Tom,
I did some further digging on this info to discover:
If the original static resolver configuration file (/etc/resolv.conf)
contains name server addresses, those addresses should be listed on
"dns-nameservers" lines in /etc/network/interfaces. For more
information, please consult the resolvconf(8) man page and the README
file.
Until /etc/network/interfaces has been edited and the affected
interfaces brought down and up again, the name server addresses will not
be included in the dynamically generated resolver configuration file.
If you choose this option, a temporary workaround will be put in place:
a symbolic link will be created (if it does not already exist) from
/etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail to
/etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/original. This will cause the whole of
that original resolver configuration file to be appended to the
dynamically generated file.
After the required "dns-nameservers" lines have been added to
/etc/network/interfaces, the /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail link
should be replaced by one to /dev/null.
-M
