On Saturday 27 October 2018 18:20:16 David wrote: > On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 at 05:21, Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote: > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > >auto eth0 > > >iface eth0 inet static > > >address 192.168.NN.2/24 > > >gateway 192.168.NN.1 > > >dns-nameserver 192.168.NN.1 > > >dns-search hosts dns > > > > I'm assuming that "NN" is a placeholder you've added, and not copied > > verbatim from the file! > > > > Otherwise, that last line looks suspect. The "dns-nameserver" and > > "dns-search" lines are instructions for resolvconf when setting up > > networking. The "dns-search" line is meant to be passed straight > > through into resolv.conf to set up a DNS search path. A valid > > example from the resolvconf man page is "dns-search foo.org > > bar.com". What that means is that each time you look up something > > that's no fully-qualified (e.g. "foo"), this machine will be looking > > for "foo.hosts" then "foo.dns". That's probably not what you > > want. However, it'll be harmless if you're looking up FQDN hostnames > > all the time. > > There seems to be an ongoing theme here with lines that look like > *search hosts dns > popping up in other places in Gene's system. > > See: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/10/msg00857.html > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/10/msg00859.html > > Gene, the line > > > >dns-search hosts dns > > that you show above does not match anything documented by > the manpages on wheezy. I checked > interfaces(5) > resolv.conf(5) > resolvconf(8) > nsswitch.conf(5) > > Gene, what are you trying to achieve with that line?
Whatever it takes to get a working gateway at bootup. Next time I reboot, I'll kill that line first. If I can't ping yahoo.com, (= no gateway. so it cannot get to the internet) I'll put it back. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
