Hi, Yeah I thought of that (resov.conf being a directory rather than a file) but it is a file. I meant to include that in the post and forgot. I'll run the command just to be sure though. You have the command as ls-ld /etc/resov.conf is the 'd' in there a typo? I thought it was ls-l.
Quoting Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 10:01:57AM -0800, J Y wrote: > > Hi, After getting grub to work and booting with the k7 kernel rather > > than the bf2.4 the DNS problem returned..or that's what I think I'm > > seeing-basically a conection that doesn't work. So I ran plog, I got an > > exit status 1; I put exit 0 in the 6 scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d > > > > Oct 13 12:34:57 deblnx pppd[1328]: not replacing existing default route > > to tap0 [0.0.0.0] > > Oct 13 12:34:57 deblnx pppd[1328]: Cannot determine ethernet address for > > proxy ARP > > Oct 13 12:34:57 deblnx pppd[1328]: local IP address 67.75.63.145 > > Oct 13 12:34:57 deblnx pppd[1328]: remote IP address 63.215.27.35 > > Oct 13 12:34:57 deblnx pppd[1328]: primary DNS address 209.244.0.3 > > Oct 13 12:34:57 deblnx pppd[1328]: secondary DNS address 209.244.0.4 > > Oct 13 12:34:57 deblnx pppd[1328]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid > 136> 9) > > Oct 13 12:34:58 deblnx pppd[1328]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid > > 1369), status = 0x0 > > deblnx:/home/john# > > > > deblnx:/home/john# ls -l /etc/ppp/ip-up.d > > total 24 > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 969 Oct 13 12:26 000usepeerdns > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2466 Oct 13 12:27 0dns-up > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 831 Oct 13 12:30 1wwwoffle > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 92 Oct 13 12:33 exim > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 246 Oct 13 12:33 fetchmail > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 230 Oct 13 12:34 leafnode > > > > after removing the 'exit 0' from exim (this time I did it in the order > > of ls -l ) I got a: > > > > deblnx:/home/john# plog > > Oct 13 12:45:55 deblnx pppd[1739]: not replacing existing default route > > to tap0 [0.0.0.0] > > Oct 13 12:45:55 deblnx pppd[1739]: Cannot determine ethernet address for > > proxy ARP > > Oct 13 12:45:55 deblnx pppd[1739]: local IP address 67.75.62.176 > > Oct 13 12:45:55 deblnx pppd[1739]: remote IP address 63.215.27.33 > > Oct 13 12:45:55 deblnx pppd[1739]: primary DNS address 209.244.0.3 > > Oct 13 12:45:55 deblnx pppd[1739]: secondary DNS address 209.244.0.4 > > Oct 13 12:45:55 deblnx pppd[1739]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid > 178> 0) > > Oct 13 12:45:55 deblnx pppd[1739]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid > > 1780), status = 0x1 > > > > This is what's in exim: > > #!/bin/sh > > > > # Flush exim queue > > if [ -x /usr/sbin/exim ]; then > > /usr/sbin/exim -qf > > fi > > > > I'm just doing what I remembered from the help I got before. Yet the > > symptom and results seem the same.Thanks > > Well, if the symptoms are the same, the first thing to check is if the > cause is the same. We eventually determined that the cause was that > /etc/resolv.conf was a directory instead of a file, and cured it by > making sure that /etc/resolv.conf was a file. So, the first thing to > check is: has /etc/resolv.conf mysteriously turned back into a > directory again? ls -ld /etc/resolv.conf > > By the time the exim script is run, DNS has already been set up. > Failure of the exim script would result in your outgoing mail not > being sent, but you'd still be able to use your browser etc. You can > run exim -qf (as root) by hand after bringing the connection up to see > if exim does have a problem. > > (Your kernel must be supporting PPP, otherwise you wouldn't be getting > this far at all. Don't worry about that.) > > -- > Pigeon > > Be kind to pigeons > Get my GPG key here: > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=> 0x21C61F7F > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***Protect your PC from local E-Mail Application security holes*** ***Maintain your Privacy - MS Passport Free*** ***Anti SPAM "Whitelist" feature*** http://www.x-mail.net Web Based E-Mail, accessible anywhere Voice Messages, Voice Calls (VoIP), Video Conferencing, Live Chat, X-Mail Messenger, Personal Web Hosting, 128 bit SSL Secure, Calendar, Bookmarks, Forwarding, Virtual Mail Map Aliasing X-Mail Premium: 20MB Messages, 100MB Storage, SMTP, POP3, Ad Free ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anonymous Web Surfing http://www.snoopblocker.com Search http://www.teradex.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
