It matters a lot if you have *both* a NIC connection and a PPP connection -
usually you only want the resolv.conf file modified according your your
*current* network connection.
The PPP development team has managed to skirt this issue for a long time.
Because this is a very thorny issue, I understand their reluctance to pick a
particular implementation.
--Bruce
Quoting Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> In a message dated: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 09:01:41 EST
> Farrell Woods said:
>
> >"Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote:
> >>
> >> OK, so I tried out this option. It works. Sort of. It gets the
> >> nameservers from the ppp server, but if you already have a
> resolv.conf
> >> file it overwrites the nameservers that are there and doesn't replace
> >> them when you disconnect.
>
> Isn't that the way DHCP works? It overwrites /etc/resolv.conf
> everytime?
>
> Why should it matter, for the most part, if you're not connected to the
> net
> except when you dial up through PPP, then a resolv.conf file is for all
> intents and purposes useless, right? Unless you're running a local DNS
> server
> within your network. Of course, if that were the case, then with things
> the
> way they are now, you would be unable to resolve internally when
> connected to
> the net.
>
> I see the over-writing as a feature, in a sense. What if you have
> multiple
> dial-up accounts. You can dial up to any one of them and always get the
>
> correct DNS entries.
>
> --
> Seeya,
> Paul
> ----
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>
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>
>
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