Hi Robert, Thanks for your advice.
On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 03:44, Robert Storey wrote: > Dear Stephen, > > It's very odd that you can't change this file as root. The only thing I > know of that would cause this is if the immutable flag is set. The way > to find out is with the lsattr command: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc> lsattr resolv.conf > s-------c-------- resolv.conf > > As you don't see an "i" that means the immutable flag is not set, so no > problem. > > Changing the immutable flag is done with the chattr command. > > I have heard it said that crackers do mess with the immutable flag, but > it seems odd that your box would be cracked if you can't even get > online. > > By the way, my /etc/resolv.conf has nothing in it, but it works. After running # chattr + /etc/resolv.conf then # chattr - /etc/resolv.conf Now /etc/resolv.conf can be edited. > When I > connect with the command "pon dsl-provider" a temporary address is > provided. I can see that address with the plog command. The only > annoyance I've had with pppoe is that I have to be root to issue the > pon/poff dsl-provider commands - there must be a way around that, but I > haven't found it yet. You could try running pppoeconf again and set your > system so it does NOT connect to the Internet on bootup, and use the > pon/poff dsl-provider command (it would be easier than reinstalling). I ran 'pppoeconfig' again selecting not starting 'pppoe' at boot. # pon dsl-provider ifconfig showing ISP connected but the Debian box was still cut off from Internet. I took another spare hard drive and performed another installing Debian test on another PC. This time I used net-installer, sarge CD. Everything went through smoothly. However he same problem still occurred, ISP connected but cut off from Internet. Therefore I could not download packages from Debain website or its mirror sites to complete the installation. I am a little bid disappointed. I could not discover where the Debian box are blocked from connecting to Internet. B.R. Stephen > > On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:24:19 +0800 > Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Paul, > > > > Thanks for your advice. > > > > On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 04:13, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 11:54:22PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > # cat /etc/resolv.conf > > > > search domain.com\000 > > > > nameserver 192.168.2.1 > > > > > > Ah ha! You might try adding a nameserver on the outside or make > > > sure that nameserver is able to get a connection to the outside > > > world. > > > > That is the original 'resolv.conf' file. I have not touched it and > > also I was not allowed to alter this file even as ROOT. This was very > > strange to me. The said file can be opened with a Text editor, 'nano' > > or 'kedit', and editing also allowed. 'Saving changes' to the file > > was not allowed. You can save the file but it only retains its > > original content. > > > > If no solution found then I think I have to make another clean > > installation of Debian 3.0 again. I will use net-installation. I am > > connecting to broadband of 3MB bandwidth. If it is not installing > > from source code, like Gentoo 1.4, the download time won't be long and > > I can have the maybe uptodate packages. > > > > B.R. > > Stephen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
