Advice from a newbie - treat with caution ;-)
If you don't have /etc/resolv.conf you can create it by firing up your
favourite text editor (emacs, vi, kwrite) and simply saving an empty file as
/etc/resolve.conf. Of course since you need to edit the file with the
appropriate information you may as well do that at the same time.
resolve.conf I think follows the format (see if there's a man page for
resolve.conf it will have the exact format)
nameserver (eg ozemail.com.au)
DNS IP address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)
DNS2 IP address (if there is two nameservers)
If you use kppp then it will take care of editing /etc/resolve.conf for you.
I think if you use kppp resolve.conf needs to be writeable by those users
that will have ppp access. chmod 666 should do it
Read the ppp how-to's if what I said doesn't work, or check the archives -
DNS problems come up very regularly on the list. I think the Kppp help
files also have useful information.
Aaron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark & Nina Drake [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:10 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Connectivity
>
> Okay, tried to go to /etc/resolv.conf. It does not exist!! Can I build
> this
> file and insert it into the etc directory? If so, where can I get info on
> how to do this? Thanks!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 04:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Connectivity
>
>
> >On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> >>
> >> Okay, I have set up my internet connection using netcfg. I get a
> dialing sound and my computer goes through the motions of connecting to my
> ISP. They seem to connect because I can see the the send and receive
> indicators blinking on my external modem. When I try to run Netscape I get
> a
> server error and it also tells me that there is a problem with the name
> server, and that I need to set the $SOCKS_NS variable to point to the
> server. Also, when I ping my network it says "network unreachable". Have I
> missed some easy connection to get it all running? Any help would be
> greatly
> appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >
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> >First, ditch the HTML. It's not appreciated in this list.
> >Second, open up a root console window and go to /etc/ and
> >edit your /etc/resolv.conf so that it has your ISP's DNS
> >servers. It should look something like this:
> >search chattanooga.net
> >nameserver 209.54.120.2
> >nameserver 209.54.120.3
> >
> >The "chattanooga.net" would be replaced with your ISP,
> >"leading.net" Second, you'd replace the above numbers with
> >the IP addresses of your ISP, leading.net. To find out that
> >information, call your ISP and ask what their DNS numbers
> >are and plug 'em in above in place of MY dns numbers.
> >I won't put something together for you to just copy and paste,
> >because I firmly believe that you learn by doing. I gave
> >you the example from my system, so you know the way it
> >should look.
> > John
> >
