Re: resolv.conf

[ccwf@bacchus.com (Charles C. Fu)]

Shao Zhang(shao@cia.com.au) writes:
>> 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?

Or in named.conf in /etc.

Michael Beattie <mickyb@es.co.nz> responds:
> As my summer project, I implemented [getting the nameserver during
> PPP negotiation] into pppd...  It works fine, but I am yet to find a
> successful way of making use of the address.

A couple of mechanisms leap to mind:

A) modifying /etc/resolv.conf

   This will only work on OSes which do not cache resolv.conf.  Debian
   does not cache resolv.conf, so it should work.

B) modifying /etc/named.conf (or named.boot for systems not running
   BIND 8)

   This will only work on OSes which are running a local nameserver.
   This option should also work under Debian.  As a bonus, Debian
   already rereads named.conf after the link is brought up (if you
   have BIND installed).

-ccwf