Re: **Getting** dhcp to write /etc/resolv.conf

[Kenward Vaughan <kaynjay@igalaxy.net>]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 01:34:59PM -0700, Kevin Buhr wrote:
...
> Try adding two lines to the beginning of that function:
> 
> make_resolve_conf() {
>   echo new_domain_name="$new_domain_name" > /etc/resolv.log
>   echo new_domain_name_servers="$new_domain_name_servers" >>/etc/resolv.log
>   . . . 
> 
> and bring the interface "ifdown" and back "ifup".  Make sure that
> "/etc/resolv.log" is created and that it shows that both variables
> have been assigned non-null values.  It may be that your ISP's DHCP
> server is simply not configured to provide both pieces of requested
> information, even when asked.

Ah.  No domain name provided, so the test fails.

> If the problem is that its supplying the servers but not the domain
> name, replace the whole function with:
> 
> make_resolve_conf() {
>   if [ x"$new_domain_name_servers" != x ]; then
>     > /etc/resolv.conf
>     chmod 644 /etc/resolv.conf
>     for nameserver in $new_domain_name_servers; do
>       echo nameserver $nameserver >>/etc/resolv.conf
>     done
>   fi
> }

This I tried, but still nothing gets written to the file.  Hmm.  It didn't
even wipe the contents.  So there appears to be something funky in the
original test.  Oh well.
...

> Well, you should be able to determine your new ISP's DNS servers and
> hardcode them manually.  Try "host dns.yourisp.net", "host
> dns1.yourisp.net", or "host dns2.yourisp.net" and try out those IP
> addresses.  Or, take a peek at your ISP's support pages.  They
> probably have it documented somewhere.

I've hardcoded the original DNS's I got from the above log file into
resolv.conf and things seem to be working fine.

Thanks very much for the guidance, Kevin!


Kenward
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