> On 1 Feb 2016, at 10:38, Tristan <supersluet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, my VPS nameservers are domain names, not IP addresses, so I can't use 
> them directly. In the meantime, I added Open DNS to resolv.conf, but I still 
> get errors from Google DNS. Do I need to reboot to apply changes to 
> resolv.conf?
> 
You likely need to send a HUP to tor to get it to re-read your DNS 
configuration.

Maybe Google DNS is not reliable from your location, so you could put another 
name server first?
Or perhaps investigate resolving your VPS DNS manually, then using their IP 
addresses as well?

Tim

> On Jan 31, 2016 3:27 PM, "Tim Wilson-Brown - teor" <teor2...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:teor2...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> On 1 Feb 2016, at 08:19, SuperSluether <supersluet...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:supersluet...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not sure how many DNS servers are configured because I never configured 
>> them. I just installed Tor and edited the torrc file with my port, exit 
>> policy, and bandwidth options. Where would I add/configure DNS servers?
> 
> Typically, by editing /etc/resolv.conf.
> But some platforms automatically generate it using the files in 
> /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/
> 
> It should be fairly straightforward, if not, search the Internet for a HOWTO 
> for your platform.
> 
> Tim
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