Re: nameserver during install

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-09-09 15:50, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Is there any reason why the installer shouldn't contain its own 
> nameserver?  It's certainly possible for a Linux system to do its own 
> nameserving, so why shouldn't the istaller?  It would remove one step 
> that's tricky for beginners from the installation process.

Because neither desktops nor most servers really/rarely need a local 
DNS daemon.

> And how can one discover what nameserver one's Linux system is actually 
> using?

Usually, look in /etc/resolv.conf from package resolvconf.

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