It finally occurred to me to check the permissions on /etc/resolv.conf and noticed that it's now a symlink to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf Both the directory (/etc/ppp) and the file (resolv.conf) were owned by root and had permissions set so that only owner and group (also root) could read them. After changing permissions, I can now do DNS lookups as user, browse with lynx and, I assume, browse with mozilla but won't find out until I get home.
Stupid of me not to check that earlier. I think one of the options I chose -- or failed to choose -- when I was fooling around with pppoe-rp must've done that (it had an option for "allow user access" or something like that). --- DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once again, please CC me on all replies as I'm not > subscribed to the list. > > Verizon called me at around 10pm last night to tell > me, as I had suspected, that the problem was with > one > of their routers and not with anything I was doing. > > So, my router now gets an IP address and > everything's > fine and dandy as far as my router's concerned. > However, I can only do DNS on my Debian box if I'm > logged in as root and, even then, only > nslookup/host/etc or lynx work but not mozilla. > > If I try host as user, it tells me "Nameserver not > running" and, if I run mozilla, netscape4 or opera, > I > have to type in IP addresses to be able to go > anywhere, otherwise I get "foo.com not found" > errors. > > Somebody suggested adding PEERDNS=yes to > /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig-<ifname> but that doesn't > appear to have worked. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance. > > > --- DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please CC me on all replies since I'm not > currently > > subscribed to the list. I start talking about > Debian > > specifically around paragraph 7. You might > consider > > the rest to be slightly OT. > > > > I just got Verizon DSL last week and have yet to > > manage to get online. I was unsuccessful with my > > roommate's WinXP laptop (possibly because > Verizon's > > install CD screwed it up. See > > > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52756,00.html) > > > > > > When trying to connect with my Netgear RT311 > router, > > I > > get the following after configuring section 4 and > > running the network test: > > > > Start dialing for node <Verizon>... > > ### Hit any key to continue.### > > $$$ DIALING dev=6 ch=0.......... > > $$$ OUTGOING-CALL phone(fefffffffffffe) > > $$$ Dial no answer > > > > I'll include my settings at the end of this > message, > > in case anybody has any experience with the RT311 > > and > > Verizon DSL. I have a "straight through" cable > > between > > my computer and a hub, which is connected to the > > router with a crossover cable (I can get an IP > > address > > from the router and telnet to it, so I know that > > part > > works). I have the router connected to the DSL > modem > > with the cable Verizon provided. I assume it's a > > straight through. > > > > I spent a whole morning talking to Verizon tech > > support with the laptop and, when I called while > > trying to get the router working, they informed me > > that they only support Linksys routers and > insisted > > on > > knowing which OS I was running, after which they, > of > > course, told me they "don't support Linux."(TM) > > > > After this, I went to my office at school and > > downloaded the Debian pppoe and pppoeconf packages > > (3.3-1.1 and 0.9.10.6, respectively). After > > installing > > them, I ran pppoeconf as root and was told that it > > found one device, eth0 (a 3Com 3c95x, I think), > > which > > was fine. It then proceeded to "scan" or something > > of > > the sort, resulting in the following error > message: > > > > "Sorry, I scanned 1 interface(s), but the Access > > > > > Concentrator of your provider did not > > respond. Please check your network and modem > > cables. Another reason for the scan > > failure may also be another running pppoe > > process > > which controls the modem." > > > > I have no idea what other pppoe process might be > > running. I doubt that there is any. Yes, I did > > remember to plug the computer directly into the > DSL > > modem rather than the hub/router before trying > this. > > > > Here's my RT311 config that I said I would > include: > > > > Menu 1 - General Setup > > > > System Name= myusername > > Domain Name= verizon.net > > Edit Dynamic DNS= No > > > > Menu 2 - WAN Setup > > > > MAC Address: > > Assigned By= IP address > > attached on LAN > > IP Address= 192.168.0.2 > > > > Menu 3.2 - TCP/IP and DHCP Ethernet Setup > > > > DHCP= Server > > Configuration: > > Client IP Pool Starting > > Address= > > 192.168.0.1 > > Size of Client IP Pool= 32 > > Primary DNS Server= 0.0.0.0 > > Secondary DNS Server= > 0.0.0.0 > > > > > > TCP/IP Setup: > > IP Address= 192.168.0.1 > > IP Subnet Mask= > 255.255.255.0 > > RIP Direction= Both > > Version= RIP-1 > > Multicast= None > > > > Menu 4 - Internet Access Setup > > > > ISP's Name= Verizon > > Encapsulation= PPPoE > > Service Type= N/A > > My Login= > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > My Password= ******* > > Idle Timeout= 0 > > > > IP Address Assignment= Dynamic > > IP Address= N/A > > IP Subnet Mask= N/A > > Gateway IP Address= N/A > > Single User Account= Yes > > > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Protect your identity with Yahoo! 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