[Ilugc] automatically updating resolv.conf
- From: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx (steve)
- Date: Sun Feb 15 23:45:28 2009
Hi Satish,
Satish Eerpini wrote:
Hi Steve,
does adding "usepeerdns" allow for the updation of resolv.conf
automatically or does it just direct the network to use the dns
servers ?
AFAIK, adding it results in updation of resolv.conf. I checked the code of
'/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp' too. However, since i do not use
wvdial/ppp to connect, i can't confirm that this actually does occur.
..... I have been using wvdial since Fedora 6( long before
NM was stable), .. some habits are not easy to lose... :-) ..
...completely understand that. I use windowmaker and still prefer running the
mount command by hand :)
I have removed the resolv.conf file and tried reconnecting with
wvdial, but the file is not updated ( or rather created)
automatically, and yeah I did add the "ussepeerdns" option to
/etc/ppp/options .
Two things: firstly, i hope you haven't made the same typo that you made here
and secondly, what happens if you have the file created ?
btw, with a quick google, i see another file that might be relevant --
/etc/ppp/peers/wvdial
does that have usepeerdns ??
basically, the idea is that you have to somehow pass variable PEERDNS to the
/etc/sysconfig/network-settings/ifup-ppp script, which actually launches the
pppd.
A quick check would be to peep in the /var/log/messages file to check what
parameters get passed to pppd.
cheers,
- steve
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