Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-08-01 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:59:11 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Wed 31 Jul 2019 at 08:50:34 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 09:21:32AM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 09:16:03AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > On Mi, 31 iul 19, 09:06:36, Reco wrote: > >

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-08-01 Thread David Wright
On Thu 01 Aug 2019 at 14:09:31 (-0400), Michael Stone wrote: > On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 11:11:33AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > It surprised me that systemd doesn't just use something > > like the gateway address if/when some address is absolutely > > essential. > > Why on earth would it assum

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-08-01 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 01/08/2019 à 20:06, Greg Wooledge a écrit : On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 07:58:56PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 01/08/2019 à 18:18, David Wright a écrit : I think that a lot of people install resolvconf (deliberately or incidentally) without really understanding what it's for or what it doe

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-08-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
ribute has > > no effect if set on the symlink and will be reset at the next boot if > > set on the target file in /run. > > Thinking twice and testing, it appears that you cannot even set file > attributes in tmpfs nor on a symlink. (which is why the wiki's first step i

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-08-01 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 01/08/2019 à 19:58, Pascal Hambourg a écrit : Le 01/08/2019 à 18:18, David Wright a écrit : I think that a lot of people install resolvconf (deliberately or incidentally) without really understanding what it's for or what it does. Then, because most people naturally check the contents of /et

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-08-01 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 11:11:33AM -0500, David Wright wrote: It surprised me that systemd doesn't just use something like the gateway address if/when some address is absolutely essential. Why on earth would it assume that the gateway is running a resolver?

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-08-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 07:58:56PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 01/08/2019 à 18:18, David Wright a écrit : > > > > I think that a lot of people install resolvconf (deliberately or > > incidentally) without really understanding what it's for or what > > it does. Then, because most people natu

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-08-01 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 01/08/2019 à 18:18, David Wright a écrit : I think that a lot of people install resolvconf (deliberately or incidentally) without really understanding what it's for or what it does. Then, because most people naturally check the contents of /etc/resolv.conf, they indulge in all sorts of cargo-

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-08-01 Thread Curt
On 2019-08-01, Curt wrote: > On 2019-07-31, Bob Bernstein wrote: >> I _think_ my upgrade from Jessie to Stretch -- which entailed >> installing systemd for the first time on this box -- introduced >> that 8.8.8.8. into my config. I've never been at a loss to >> select my own nameservers, and t

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-08-01 Thread David Wright
On Wed 31 Jul 2019 at 23:38:34 (+0200), Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 31/07/2019 à 23:30, ghe a écrit : > > On 7/31/19 2:52 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > > > > Without resolvconf, the DHCP client would have completely overwritten > > > resolv.conf instead of just adding one line. With resolvconf, a

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-08-01 Thread David Wright
On Wed 31 Jul 2019 at 18:56:08 (-0400), Bob Bernstein wrote: > I _think_ my upgrade from Jessie to Stretch -- which entailed > installing systemd for the first time on this box -- introduced that > 8.8.8.8. into my config. I've never been at a loss to select my own > nameservers, and that never has

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-08-01 Thread Curt
On 2019-07-31, Bob Bernstein wrote: > I _think_ my upgrade from Jessie to Stretch -- which entailed > installing systemd for the first time on this box -- introduced > that 8.8.8.8. into my config. I've never been at a loss to > select my own nameservers, and that never has been one of them. >

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread Bob Bernstein
I _think_ my upgrade from Jessie to Stretch -- which entailed installing systemd for the first time on this box -- introduced that 8.8.8.8. into my config. I've never been at a loss to select my own nameservers, and that never has been one of them. I was not even aware of that other file 'inte

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 31/07/2019 à 23:30, ghe a écrit : On 7/31/19 2:52 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Without resolvconf, the DHCP client would have completely overwritten resolv.conf instead of just adding one line. With resolvconf, at least you can have some control over resolv.conf. OK. vi gives me all the cont

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread ghe
On 7/31/19 2:52 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Without resolvconf, the DHCP client would have completely overwritten > resolv.conf instead of just adding one line. With resolvconf, at least > you can have some control over resolv.conf. OK. vi gives me all the control I need over resolv.conf. I unde

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 31/07/2019 à 21:44, ghe a écrit : On 7/31/19 1:20 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: I still feel like you're missing the big picture here. resolvconf isn't the thing that's modifying your /etc/resolv.conf file. It's the thing (that was) modifying my resolv.conf. Resolv

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 31 iul 19, 13:44:51, ghe wrote: > On 7/31/19 1:20 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > I still feel like you're missing the big picture here. resolvconf isn't > > the thing that's modifying your /etc/resolv.conf file. > > It's the thing (that

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 31 iul 19, 02:37:40, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > It depends a lot on what combination of packages you have installed and > > are using. > > > > Starting with the obvious ones, please show the output of: > > Ok. One dotted-four required obfuscati

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 31 iul 19, 08:59:11, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 31 Jul 2019 at 08:50:34 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 09:21:32AM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 09:16:03AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > On Mi, 31 iul 19, 09:06:36, Reco wrote: > > > > > As

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread ghe
On 7/31/19 1:20 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > I still feel like you're missing the big picture here. resolvconf isn't > the thing that's modifying your /etc/resolv.conf file. It's the thing (that was) modifying my resolv.conf. I have 2 Enet connections: a reliable T1

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
/etc. If it's still there. I still feel like you're missing the big picture here. resolvconf isn't the thing that's modifying your /etc/resolv.conf file. resolvconf is a mitigating layer that's trying to take control over the *other* entities which are trying to edit t

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread ghe
On 7/31/19 12:52 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Removing /etc/resolvconf sounds like terrible> advice. > If you want to remove resolvconf, remove the> package with dpkg or apt. > Don't just start removing random configuration> files and directories Good point, well taken. I've always just deleted

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 12:44:50PM -0600, ghe wrote: > On 7/31/19 12:17 PM, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > > Sure enough, there it was, for eth0. I commented it out and added a line > > for the nameserver I wanted, and bingo, we have lift off. > > That works, but if you want to specify the DNS server,

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread ghe
On 7/31/19 12:17 PM, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Sure enough, there it was, for eth0. I commented it out and added a line > for the nameserver I wanted, and bingo, we have lift off. That works, but if you want to specify the DNS server, delete those 2 DNS lines in /etc...interfaces, and edit /etc/reso

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 31/07/2019 à 19:56, Greg Wooledge a écrit : On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 07:51:45PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 31/07/2019 à 17:10, Bob Bernstein a écrit : What I want to do is get rid of the google 8.8.8.8 and replace it with a static nameserver suggested by my vpn. Edit /etc/network/int

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread Bob Bernstein
SOLVED, I think. After all the reading you guys gave me I sat pondering this morning, and it dawned on me that if I looked at 'interfaces' and found that darn 8.8.8.8 ip in there, that I might have the clue I needed. Sure enough, there it was, for eth0. I commented it out and added a line f

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 07:51:45PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 31/07/2019 à 17:10, Bob Bernstein a écrit : > > > > What I want to do is get rid of the google 8.8.8.8 and replace it with a > > static nameserver suggested by my vpn. > > Edit /etc/network/interfaces. That isn't a full answer

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 31/07/2019 à 17:10, Bob Bernstein a écrit : What I want to do is get rid of the google 8.8.8.8 and replace it with a static nameserver suggested by my vpn. Edit /etc/network/interfaces.

Re: Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 11:10:32AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by r$ This simplifies things greatly > What I want to do is get rid of the google 8.8.8.8 and replace it with a > static nameserver suggested by my vpn. ls

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread tomas
re/man/man1/resolvconf.1.gz > > > > tomas@trotzki:~$ dpkg -S resolv.conf > > manpages: /usr/share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5.gz > > resolv.conf(5) is the configuration file for the DNS resolver in libc. > > resolvconf(8) is a Debian package that intercepts attempts by various > o

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
ges: /usr/share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5.gz resolv.conf(5) is the configuration file for the DNS resolver in libc. resolvconf(8) is a Debian package that intercepts attempts by various other packages to mangle your /etc/resolv.conf file, and lets you control how they can or cannot do so. resolvconf(1) is

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 10:27:01AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 08:59:11AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > It might be the documentation that's confused. Here's an extract from > > man resolvconf > > > > > > > >ifup > >The ifup program can be used to c

Changing nameservers - WAS "Which resolv.conf file?"

2019-07-31 Thread Bob Bernstein
I've begun a new thread to add some back-story to my "Which resolv.conf file?" inquiry. *Thanks* to all who have chimed in. nb. Judah: If "DE" means "desktop environment" then I don't think I have one. I run the minimalist icewm, and I do not have netwo

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread Reco
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 10:27:01AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 08:59:11AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > It might be the documentation that's confused. Here's an extract from > > man resolvconf > > > > > > > >ifup > >The ifup program can be used to c

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 08:59:11AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > It might be the documentation that's confused. Here's an extract from > man resolvconf > > > >ifup >The ifup program can be used to configure network interfaces [...] Mine doesn't... wait, what... wooledg:~$ d

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread David Wright
On Wed 31 Jul 2019 at 08:50:34 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 09:21:32AM +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 09:16:03AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Mi, 31 iul 19, 09:06:36, Reco wrote: > > > > Assuming it is, and you're using ifupdown, you need to chang

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 09:21:32AM +0300, Reco wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 09:16:03AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 31 iul 19, 09:06:36, Reco wrote: > > > Assuming it is, and you're using ifupdown, you need to change > > > "dns-nameserver" stanza in the interface definition. > > > >

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 01:46:45AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > I want to make a change or two to resolv.conf, but every time I come across > it I flee in terror, warned that my changes will be destroyed and the linux > gods angered. > > What is the approved method for changing the list of DNS se

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread Curt
On 2019-07-31, Bob Bernstein wrote: > I want to make a change or two to resolv.conf, but every time I > come across it I flee in terror, warned that my changes will be > destroyed and the linux gods angered. > > What is the approved method for changing the list of DNS servers > called upon by,

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread Maxim Svobonas
I use USB tethering and NetworkManager just creates a new wired connection whenever I make changes to existing one and reconnect a phone. Also I may use random WiFi spots from time to time and do not want to set up each of them. The solution for me is: [main] dns=none in /etc/NetworkManager/Ne

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread Judah Richardson
Assuming you're using a DE, make your desired changes in the GUI network/connection settings and they'll get written to resolv.conf. On Wed, Jul 31, 2019, 01:03 Bob Bernstein wrote: > I want to make a change or two to resolv.conf, but every time I > come across it I flee in terror, warned that m

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-31 Thread Nate Bargmann
Rather than try to control this on each machine, I have set up my router, running OpenWRT, to serve the nameservers as part of the DHCP configuration. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-30 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Andrei POPESCU wrote: It depends a lot on what combination of packages you have installed and are using. Starting with the obvious ones, please show the output of: Ok. One dotted-four required obfuscation in my humble judgement. I hope I got your list correctly: $ apt

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-30 Thread Bob Bernstein
Sorry! Switched machines and lost track of who I was! -- Forwarded message -- From: Bob Bernstein To: Debian User List Subject: Re: Which resolv.conf file? Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 02:37:40 User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01) On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Andrei POPESCU wrote

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-30 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 09:16:03AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 31 iul 19, 09:06:36, Reco wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 01:46:45AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > > I want to make a change or two to resolv.conf, but every time I come > > > across it I flee in terror, warn

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 31 iul 19, 09:06:36, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 01:46:45AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > I want to make a change or two to resolv.conf, but every time I come > > across it I flee in terror, warned that my changes will be destroyed > > and the linux gods angered. >

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 31 iul 19, 01:46:45, Bob Bernstein wrote: > I want to make a change or two to resolv.conf, but every time I come across > it I flee in terror, warned that my changes will be destroyed and the linux > gods angered. > > What is the approved method for changing the list of DNS servers called u

Re: Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-30 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 01:46:45AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > I want to make a change or two to resolv.conf, but every time I come > across it I flee in terror, warned that my changes will be destroyed > and the linux gods angered. Have you meant this resolv.conf line? # Dynamic r

Which resolv.conf file?

2019-07-30 Thread Bob Bernstein
I want to make a change or two to resolv.conf, but every time I come across it I flee in terror, warned that my changes will be destroyed and the linux gods angered. What is the approved method for changing the list of DNS servers called upon by, in my case, Stretch on amd-64? (Is there some

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-09 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 08 May 2011 22:27:40 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Sunday 08 May 2011 18:49:27 Camaleón wrote: >> Good. And I'm so sorry for NM but is nothing but a headache > > If NM ever gets installed by default, the first thing I do is purge it! > ;-) I don't like the idea of not having it installed. Th

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-08 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 08 May 2011 18:49:27 Camaleón wrote: > Good. And I'm so sorry for NM but is nothing but a headache If NM ever gets installed by default, the first thing I do is purge it! ;-) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 08 May 2011 18:18:58 +0100, AG wrote: > On 08/05/11 17:53, Camaleón wrote: >> >> Ensure: >> >> - There is a static "/etc/resolv.conf" file not pointing to nothing (if >> not there, recreate one) > > Can you clarify this suggestion plea

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-08 Thread AG
in resolvconf (no description available) If you look at the pipes and slashes you can tell what each character means. In my case it's Desired = Install Status = Not (hmm, this is curious, I'll have to investigate...) Anyway, purged those using Brian's dpkg

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-08 Thread AG
On 08/05/11 17:53, Camaleón wrote: Ensure: - There is a static "/etc/resolv.conf" file not pointing to nothing (if not there, recreate one) Can you clarify this suggestion please. Do you mean that the /etc/resolv.conf must *not* be pointing to something or *must* be pointing to

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
I'll have to investigate...) > Anyway, purged those using Brian's dpkg method rebooted ... and > still no resolv.conf file. > > So, Hans suggested that I delete the symlink to resolvconf, but > resolvconf isn't installed. However, since its config files are > ther

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-08 Thread Brian
xplain and remedy why the > /etc/resolv.conf file is being erased at shutdown/ reboot. It is > definitely this file that is the critical piece here, because when ever > I repopulate the file connectivity is restored. How do I keep that file > immutable? Will changing permissi

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-08 Thread Camaleón
t; >> would remove the config files too. >> >> > Thanks all - learn something everyday: didn't know that is what rc > referred to. > > Anyway, purged those using Brian's dpkg method rebooted ... and still no > resolv.conf file. Ensure: - There is a static &qu

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-08 Thread AG
lled. rc - Package removed but configuration files remain. dpkg --purge resolvconf would remove the config files too. Thanks all - learn something everyday: didn't know that is what rc referred to. Anyway, purged those using Brian's dpkg method rebooted ... and still no resolv.co

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-08 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Camaleón wrote: dpkg -l | grep resolvconf rc resolvconf 1.48 name server information handler Ein? >>>:-) So you finally do have it installed. Remember that this package can be also interferring with your "/etc/ resolv.conf" file so eith

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty (was: Network problem {start of part 2})

2011-05-08 Thread Camaleón
ou finally do have it installed. >> >> Remember that this package can be also interferring with your "/etc/ >> resolv.conf" file so either you configure it properly or you remove it. >> Choose your poison :-) > And yet ... > > $ sudo apt-get remove --purge res

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty (was: Network problem {start of part 2})

2011-05-08 Thread Brian
On Sun 08 May 2011 at 13:29:19 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 08 May 2011 13:30:59 +0100, AG wrote: > > > dpkg -l | grep resolvconf > > rc resolvconf > > 1.48 name server information handler > > Ein? >>>:-) > > So you finally do have it installed. rc - Package r

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty (was: Network problem {start of part 2})

2011-05-08 Thread AG
y do have it installed. Remember that this package can be also interferring with your "/etc/ resolv.conf" file so either you configure it properly or you remove it. Choose your poison :-) And yet ... $ sudo apt-get remove --purge resolvconf Reading package lists... Done Building depe

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty (was: Network problem {start of part 2})

2011-05-08 Thread Camaleón
name server information handler Ein? >>>:-) So you finally do have it installed. Remember that this package can be also interferring with your "/etc/ resolv.conf" file so either you configure it properly or you remove it. Choose your poison :-) Gr

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty (was: Network problem {start of part 2})

2011-05-08 Thread AG
On 08/05/11 11:55, Brian wrote: On Sun 08 May 2011 at 10:34:00 +0100, AG wrote: But, after rebooting this file was again blank, stopping me from accessing the Net. How can I ensure that this file remains populated between reboots? Or does this file get generated by some other function, and in

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty (was: Network problem {start of part 2})

2011-05-08 Thread Brian
On Sun 08 May 2011 at 10:34:00 +0100, AG wrote: > But, after rebooting this file was again blank, stopping me from > accessing the Net. How can I ensure that this file remains populated > between reboots? Or does this file get generated by some other > function, and in which case, what? Wh

/etc/resolv.conf file is empty (was: Network problem {start of part 2})

2011-05-08 Thread AG
Further developments on this: When I rebooted after the installation, I lost my ability to access the Net (again). I checked the contents of /etc/resolv.conf and there was nothing in that file - apparently it is generated by Network Manager, so I reinstalled Network Manager and manually copie

Re: resolv.conf file is written over on reboot.

2007-01-11 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
jdaues writes: > All my internet connections are working now, thanks to resolvconf (and > to Jhair) Good to know :) Have fun, -- -- Jhair -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: resolv.conf file is written over on reboot.

2007-01-11 Thread jdaues
All my internet connections are working now, thanks to resolvconf (and to Jhair) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: resolv.conf file is written over on reboot.

2007-01-10 Thread Douglas Tutty
package acts like a refferee when different packages want to change /etc/resolv.conf at different times. It notes what each package tries to do so that when the package undoes what it thought it did, you're left with an accurate resolv.conf file. My Etch installer put the resolvconf hook

Re: resolv.conf file is written over on reboot.

2007-01-10 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 05:48:47PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > If you have the zeroconf package installed, remove it. Remove resolvconf > as well. You don't need it. to clarify... if youhave the zeroconf package that is probably what is over-riding your resolv.conf. if you also remove resolvconf

Re: resolv.conf file is written over on reboot.

2007-01-10 Thread John Hasler
If you have the zeroconf package installed, remove it. Remove resolvconf as well. You don't need it. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: resolv.conf file is written over on reboot.

2007-01-10 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
jdaues writes: > I read the man page. it gives no hint as to the syntax. I see nothing > on the internets about this either. I can only guess maybe this: > domain 123.45.67.8 91.23.456.78 > or > dns 123.45.67.8 91.23.456.78 > Are either of these correct? The syntax is the same as the one desc

Re: resolv.conf file is written over on reboot.

2007-01-10 Thread jdaues
I read the man page. it gives no hint as to the syntax. I see nothing on the internets about this either. I can only guess maybe this: domain 123.45.67.8 91.23.456.78 or dns 123.45.67.8 91.23.456.78 Are either of these correct? Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: jdaues writes: So I installed

Re: resolv.conf file is written over on reboot.

2007-01-10 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
jdaues writes: > So I installed resolvconf, and then reentered the values for the > network. I rebooted and now resolv.conf is this: > # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by > resolvconf(8) > #DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN > Ther

Re: resolv.conf file is written over on reboot.

2007-01-10 Thread jdaues
in the resolvconf README file. What is this telling me? Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: jdaues writes: The etc/resolv.conf file is being written over when i reboot. I have setup for static ip address, NOT dhcp. The outside word sees the static ip address, and inside on the NAT, each machine is

Re: resolv.conf file is written over on reboot.

2007-01-10 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
jdaues writes: > The etc/resolv.conf file is being written over when i reboot. > I have setup for static ip address, NOT dhcp. The outside word sees > the static ip address, and inside on the NAT, each machine is > 192.168.0.x. In KDE, System -> Networking, I set up the ip ad

resolv.conf file is written over on reboot.

2007-01-10 Thread jdaues
The etc/resolv.conf file is being written over when i reboot. I have setup for static ip address, NOT dhcp. The outside word sees the static ip address, and inside on the NAT, each machine is 192.168.0.x. In KDE, System -> Networking, I set up the ip address, subnet mask, gateway addr

Re: Re: Re: resolv.conf file

2004-04-03 Thread Bob Proulx
g /000 disappear from your /etc/resolv.conf file. I missed the original post. But that problem can also be resolved by upgrading from the old dhcp version 2 to the newer dhcp version 3. apt-get install dhcp3-client Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Re: Re: resolv.conf file

2004-04-01 Thread Matthew Cross
This problem can also be resolved using dhclient by putting the following into your /etc/dhclient.conf file supersede domain-name "[yourdomain.com]" You then can run dhclient again to renew your lease and you will see the trailing /000 disappear from your /etc/resolv.conf fil

Re: Re: resolv.conf file

2004-01-29 Thread Richard Black
www.cpqlinux.com/sitemap.html This email is in regards to: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200308/msg05196.html On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 13:06, Victory wrote: I setup my machine as a dhcp client, once in a while it add 000 to the end of search entry in "resolv.conf" file i.

Re: resolv.conf file

2003-08-28 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 02:06:57PM -0400, Victory wrote: | I setup my machine as a dhcp client, once in a while | it add 000 to the end of search entry in "resolv.conf" file | i.e "search mydomain.com\000" and it causing machine can not | ping other machine by name, | Where

Re: resolv.conf file

2003-08-28 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 13:06, Victory wrote: > I setup my machine as a dhcp client, once in a while > it add 000 to the end of search entry in "resolv.conf" file > i.e "search mydomain.com\000" and it causing machine can not > ping other machine by name, > Wher

resolv.conf file

2003-08-28 Thread Victory
I setup my machine as a dhcp client, once in a while it add 000 to the end of search entry in "resolv.conf" file i.e "search mydomain.com\000" and it causing machine can not ping other machine by name, Where're these number 000 come from and how do to protect it from do