I perceived this as a problem introduced by RH6.1 and reported it in http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7534 RedHat did not agree... )-: I still think it is real gotcha... you don't see it untill the next ppp restart after the initscripts upgrade. Then your caching DNS magically changes. Richard Ames linsup.com, Sydney, Australia Tel: +61 2 9144-6131 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linsup.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ian Ward > Sent: Thursday, 6 January 2000 8:55 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SLUG] RedHat 6.1 Losing DNS setup (/etc/resolv.conf) > > > I just found a problem that i would share with you all. > > When a ppp connection was re-established (in this case big pond > direct) the > /etc/resolv.conf was overwritten with the Telstra supplied DNS (via ppp > negotiation). In effect disabling the caching DNS installed and > telling the > system to refer to Telstra's server for all DNS lookups. > > After fishing through the network-scripts I fouind I needed to > add a line to > the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 > PEERDNS="no" > > It is documented in the /usr/doc/initscripts-4.63/sysconfig.txt > I suspect this is only with an updated RedHat 6.1 (as there is an > update for > the init scripts) > > It happened on another site so now I know what to fix I can re-visit it. > > regards, Ian > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > unsubscribe in the text > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
