Re: dns

[Adam Majer <adamm@galacticasoftware.com>]

On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 08:23:03AM +0300, Alexey wrote:
> There is a dnsutils package in Debian. Is contains some utilities.
> Is it a Debian-specific software?
> 
> I can connect to the provider, run pppd. There appears resolv.conf with
> "nameserver..." lines. I can ping those servers, and it's possible to
> browse www pages like this: "http://194.180.244.2/index.htm";.
> How to enable domain names? What program is responsible for that?

you have to put the nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf

You can get them with "usepeerdns" in your pppd options. Just hit

man pppd

I'm not sure if they get added to /etc/resolv.conf automatically
but according to the man page they will be put in
/etc/ppp/resolv.conf


Hope this helps a bit,
Adam