Re: Is resolv.conf essential? - SOLVED
On 05 Dec 2003, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> >
> > Run pppconfig and configure a connection for each ISP, specifying the
> > correct nameservers for each ISP (or 'dynamic' if the ISP uses so-called
> > 'dynamic dns'). Everything will just work.
> >
>
> I'd done this previously and I think it used to work but now it doesn't.
> I've rerun pppconfig in case it was screwed up but it still won't find a
> server, whether with static or dynamic dns.
>
I think I've finally found the problem here. I need to have
/etc/resolv.conf with just one line:
nameserver 127.0.0.1
With this in place everything seems to work as it should. But I don't
think I've seen it documented anywhere (though it probably is).
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