On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 04:15:45PM +0100, michael wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 15:40 +0100, michael wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 15:08 +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > > On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:47:30 +0100
> > > michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have just replaced my USB modem with a router/modem and things seem
> > > > to be working find on my Debian box behind the router, except for
> > > > nslookup. Is there something I need to amend to get it to work. Note
> > > > I can still access the e-World from my Debian box:
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ less /etc/resolv.conf
> > > > search
> > > > nameserver 158.152.1.58
> > > > nameserver 158.152.1.42
> > >
> > > The empty 'search' list looks wrong. Try removing the line altogether.
> >
> > Yes, if I delete that line then it works fine. Upon rebooting I see
> > that /etc/resolv.conf which is a sym link to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf gets
> > updated:
> > ...
> ...
>
> but somehow /etc/ppp/resolv.conf is being created at boot time with
> correct nameservers but an empty search string...
>
> any ideas? something to do with /etc/ppp/ip*d/0000usepeerdns
> but I've no idea how/when they are used and why?!?
Probably best to browse the various manpages and such, but another approach
is to just look around for clues to the settings, e.g.,
$ sudo find /etc/ppp -type f -exec grep -H search {} \;
/etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0dns-up:# 'search' or 'domain' directives or additional
nameservers. Read the
That file (on my system) may have some leads to follow:
$ sudo less /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0dns-up
...
# 0dns-up sets up /etc/resolv.conf for the provider being connected to. In
# conjunction with pppd's usepeerdns option it also handles dynamic dns.
# It expects to be passed the provider name in PPP_IPPARAM.
# Pppconfig creates a file in /etc/ppp/resolv for each provider for which the
# administrator chooses 'Static' or 'Dynamic' in the 'Configure Nameservers'
# screen. The files for providers for which 'Static' was chosen contain the
# nameservers given by the administrator. Those for which 'Dynamic' was
chosen
# are empty. 0dns-up fills in the nameservers when pppd gets them from the
# provider when the connection comes up. You can edit these files, adding
# 'search' or 'domain' directives or additional nameservers. Read the
# resolv.conf manual first, though.
...
Anyway, maybe such an approach could turn up an empty 'search' entry in some
file on your system...
Good luck!
Ken
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