Re: nameserver issues involving *.debian.org

[Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Mike Viau <viaum@sheridanc.on.ca> wrote:
>> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:50:17 -0500 <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  $ sudo apt-get install bind9
>>>
>>> Then ensure that 'nameserver 127.0.0.1' exists in /etc/resolv.conf and
>>> you should be set.  By "ensure" I mean that you should use either
>>> 'resolvconf' to maintain that file or perhaps use a 'dns-nameservers'
>>> statement in /etc/network/interfaces or edit the resolv.conf file
>>> manually or whatever is appropriate for your system.
>>
>> FYI, "dns-nameservers" is a resolvconf "customization" of e-n-i so
>> "either...or"'s not quite right.
>>
>
> Thanks Tom,
>
> I did some further digging on this info to discover:

<snip of resolvconf howto>

You're welcome.

Thanks for the resolvconf info. (I don't understand why it's used; if
I don't want a dhcp server's data push, I add a "supercede
domain-name..." stanza to "/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf").

I was trying to point out that adding "dns-nameservers" to
"/etc/network/interfaces" without having resolvconf installed wouldn't
have any effect on "/etc/resolv.conf".