Re: DNS and resolv.conf
On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 04:11:43 -0500, Tyler Smith
<tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
1) How to insure that the correct DNS address is included when
resolv.conf is generated?
As mentioned before, if you're using DHCP it *should* be automatic.
However, from time to time ISPs get their configurations screwed up :)
2) Do ISPs change DNS addresses often? Is there a way to detect it when
it happens, so I don't have to call them up for the new one every time
it happens?
Using DHCP you shouldn't have to call anyone. However, if you continue to
have problems, you might try the pdns-recursor package. I've had good luck
with it on a machine that lives outside our firewall with no direct DNS
server access. IIRC I didn't do anything but install the package and it
worked. However, you might need to update resolv.conf to use 127.0.0.1.
I also use the resolvconf package, so there is a "dns-nameservers
127.0.0.1" entry in /etc/network/interfaces for eth0. Again, I don't
recall if I set this by hand or if it was automagically set.
HTH,
Michael
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