Re: resolv.conf
Subject: resolv.conf
Date: Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 06:17:48PM +0000
In reply to:Shao Zhang
Quoting Shao Zhang(shao@cia.com.au):
> Hi,
>
> I have installed linux on many computers including both redhat & debian.
>
> Sometimes, the dns works ok and sometimes it does not. On my debian box, I didn't
>
> do anything special, after installing bind and dns is working. But on some
>
> other computers, the dns just won't work without a resolv.conf file in place.
>
> Could someone please clarify my understanding? The man pages stated that
>
> "on a normal configured system, you don't need this file". So what is a
>
> normal configured system??
>
> Also, in Windoze, I don't need to put in the dns search entries. But in linux,
>
> I must put them in resolv.conf. Why?
>
I have not set up a WindoZe system in quite a while so I may be wrong
here but I seem to recall that when setting up the dial-up-networking
I had to put in my ISP's nameservers. That is why you don't need a
resolv.conf in windoze.
> In case I must need a resolv.conf, and my isp doesn't even need one, what number
>
> should I put under nameserver, search &domain??
>
> Thanks
>
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