On 05 Dec 2003, John Hasler wrote: > Anthony writes: > > According to the man page for resolv.conf it is not supposed to be > > necesssary on a properly configured system. > > The author of that page assumes that every machine is always running a > nameserver. This is, of course, not true. >
I see. Thanks; then it seems the man page should be amended to reflect this. > > However I can't connect to my dialup ISP without it. This creates > > problems when I use a different ISP. > > Run pppconfig and configure a connection for each ISP, specifying the > correct nameservers for each ISP (or 'dynamic' if the ISP uses so-called > 'dynamic dns'). Everything will just work. > I'd done this previously and I think it used to work but now it doesn't. I've rerun pppconfig in case it was screwed up but it still won't find a server, whether with static or dynamic dns. Anthony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
