ppp and new users (was: Re: Tecnology and marketing)
I wrote:
> I should note that pppconfig does nothing but edit the pppd configuration
> files. Should I have it add nameservers?
Robert D. Hilliard writes:
> IIRC during the net configuration phase of the installation
> /etc/resolv.conf is setup with the nameserver addresses.
That's smailconfig. What if the user has not installed smail?
> I have never been able to find out if someone with a dialup ppp
> connection is expected to answer yes to the question "Is your computer
> connected to a network."
They are, but that is not at all obvious from the text. IMHO most people
think of an "Internet site" as something like yahoo.com, not their little
dial-up box.
> If it is clear that the new user should have gone through that phase, it
> wouldn't be needed in pppconfig, otherwise it should be added IMHO.
MTA configuration doesn't seem like the right place to be editing
/etc/resolv.conf, but that's the way it is.
I need to think about how to handle DNS with multiple providers. I hate
the idea of mucking with /etc/resolv.conf on every call.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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