Re: Newbie from NT exim question
> Thank you for your answer, but..
>
> There was no file resolve.conf in /etc, so I created one with the following
^^^^^^^^^^^^
That should be 'resolv.conf'. No 'e'.
(quick solution: '# mv /etc/resolve.conf /etc/resolv.conf')
> entries
> search mydomain.ch
> nameserver 164.128.36.34
> nameserver 164.128.76.39
>
> I did not mention an important fact: We are hosting Web server (apache) and
> mail server (exim), but the nameservers are external. After having created
> the resolve.conf file, I simply ifdown -a, then ifup -a to reset everything
> and tried a ping to www.ibm.com (we know for sure they are up...).
no need to shut down the interfaces. Move the file and try again.
> Result:
> host unknown and no try to go to the Internet (I have a separate line and
> router for this test config) to lookup DNS.
>
> I am surely missing something somewhere.
>
> If you can give me a clue to "where to strat looking" I will be really
> pleased.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tech Support" <support@elbnet.com>
> To: "Gregory Hostettler" <ghostettler@bluewin.ch>
> Cc: <debian-isp@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 8:27 PM
> Subject: Re: Newbie from NT exim question
>
>
> > > I guess it is maybe related to DNS. My simple problem is "where in the
> > > hell do I specify the DNS primary and secondary IP addresses under
> > > Debian Linux
> >
> > /etc/resolve.conf
^^^^^^^^^^^
There should be no 'e' here either.
> >
> > which should look like:
> > search yourdomain.com
> > nameserver 192.168.2.3
> > nameserver 192.168.3.4
> >
> > Pete
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