Re: [expert] Resolv.conf changing

2003-09-23 Thread Graeme J Hosking
Jack, Thank you for this tip (and also to Mark), switching off peerdns seems to have done the trick. Best regards, Graeme. -- Graeme J Hosking pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [expert] Resolv.conf changing

2003-09-22 Thread Mark Williamson
First up disable a package called "tmdns" for some reason it's enabled by default.. don't actually remove the package, as every time you configure your network with drakconf, drakconf will reinstall the package.. The commands to disable it.. "service tmdns stop" "chkconfig --del tndns" Next

Re: [expert] Resolv.conf changing

2003-09-22 Thread Jack Coates
http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/reply-to/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] jack]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes FORWARD_IPV4=false DHCP_HOSTNAME=chupacabra.monkeynoodle.org HOSTNAME=chupacabra.monkeynoodle.org DOMAINNAME=monkeynoodle.org PEERDNS=yes DHCP_TIMEOUT=5 peerdns does what you want. That d

[expert] Resolv.conf changing

2003-09-22 Thread Graeme J Hosking
Hi, I wonder if someone can tell me how to prevent the contents of my /etc/resolv.conf from being re-written every time my NIC is brought up? Or at least, allow me to keep entries in that file that I have put there manually. Basically, the NIC connected to my cable modem has to use DHCP

RE: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-21 Thread Olaf Marzocchi
At 12.12 21/08/2003, you wrote: As I understand it, zeroconf is sposed to be to linux what netbeui is to windoze or what appletalk is to macs. Well, zeroconf is supposed to be what RendezVous is for macs X... they are the same thing (and it was born in Apple)... A quick google search shows that i

RE: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-21 Thread Frankie
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim C >Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2003 4:22 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] resolv.conf > > > >>Just a quick note on this.. I find it better to run the command >>"service tmdns stop" then "chkconfig --

Re: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-20 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 02:29 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > What it is, is a re-implementation of Novel Network. And is supposed to > be (according the the website I was directed to by someone) in very > alpha form. As for the why. After watching the list on 9.1, I got the > feeling that the

Re: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-20 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:21:48 -0700 Jim C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll second this. I sure would like to know what it is good for. It > must be good for something. And Why was it necessary to make it as the default in All network set-ups? Charles -- Be careful how you get yourself

Re: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-20 Thread Jim C
Just a quick note on this.. I find it better to run the command "service tmdns stop" then "chkconfig --del tmdns" as if tmdns was removed with "rpm -e" it gets installed and enabled again, when one configures their network with drakconf.. It's just better to switch it off.. When it is just swi

Re: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-20 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 04:17, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Tuesday 19 August 2003 09:36 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > Dirty fix chmod /etc/resolv.conf to 444 (read only) and see what it > > is that "complains" when it can't write to the file. > Thanks all, I found the solution. It turns out t

Re: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-20 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 11:31 am, Mark Williamson wrote: > Just a quick note on this.. I find it better to run the command > "service tmdns stop" then "chkconfig --del tmdns" as if tmdns was > removed with "rpm -e" it gets installed and enabled again, when one > configures their network wit

Re: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-20 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 08:31, Mark Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 14:35, Todd Lyons wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Bryan Phinney wanted us to know: > > > > >I am having problems getting SA to do the rbl checks. It appears that my > > >/etc/resolv.

Re: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-20 Thread Mark Williamson
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 14:35, Todd Lyons wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Bryan Phinney wanted us to know: > > >I am having problems getting SA to do the rbl checks. It appears that my > >/etc/resolv.conf file keeps getting built with 127.0.0.1 as the first name > >s

Re: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-20 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 09:36 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > Dirty fix chmod /etc/resolv.conf to 444 (read only) and see what it > is that "complains" when it can't write to the file. Thanks all, I found the solution. It turns out that the tmdns stuff that Mandrake loads for zeroconf is the

Re: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-19 Thread Todd Lyons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bryan Phinney wanted us to know: >I am having problems getting SA to do the rbl checks. It appears that my >/etc/resolv.conf file keeps getting built with 127.0.0.1 as the first name >server. Other network utilities appear to be able to bypass thi

Re: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-19 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 16:37, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > Bryan Phinney wrote: > > I am having problems getting SA to do the rbl checks. It appears that my > > /etc/resolv.conf file keeps getting built with 127.0.0.1 as the first name > > server. Other network utilities appear to be able to bypass th

Re: [expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-19 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Bryan Phinney wrote: I am having problems getting SA to do the rbl checks. It appears that my /etc/resolv.conf file keeps getting built with 127.0.0.1 as the first name server. Other network utilities appear to be able to bypass this and try each nameserver before giving up but the Net::DNS pe

[expert] resolv.conf

2003-08-19 Thread Bryan Phinney
I am having problems getting SA to do the rbl checks. It appears that my /etc/resolv.conf file keeps getting built with 127.0.0.1 as the first name server. Other network utilities appear to be able to bypass this and try each nameserver before giving up but the Net::DNS perl module is not that