Re: DNS and resolv.conf
> Andrew Schulman writes:
> > So the question then becomes, how to get your DHCP client to put the
> > names of the DNS servers into resolv.conf. The simplest way to do this
> > is to install the resolvconf package.
>
> The simplest way to do this is to choose "Dynamic" in the "Configure
> Nameservers" screen in pppconfig. This will enable a script which will get
> the nameserver IPs and write them to /etc/resolv.conf every time the
> connection comes up.
Hm, okay. I didn't know about that. Both methods sound pretty simple.
A good thing about resolvconf is that it will continue to mediate in more
complex arrangements, e.g. if one installs dnsmasq as a forwarding DNS
server for the LAN.
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