Re: ppp and new users (was: Re: Tecnology and marketing)
[You (john@dhh.gt.org)]
>Jeff Sheinberg writes:
>> Why muck with something you don't need? From resolv.conf(5)
>These are not "normally configured" systems. They are dialup boxes with
>dynamic addresses and intermittent connections.
I run bind on my box. I agree with Craig that we should recommend bind
on any sort of system. However, this may not be suitable for a base
installation, i.e., trying to get ppp going so one can pull down the rest
of the packages.
>> I guess that if you aren't running bind, then you do need
>> /etc/resolv.conf after all.
>The obvious way to do
>this is to put all the nameservers in resolv.conf and re-order it for each
>connection. I find this distasteful. Is there a cleaner way to achieve a
>the same result with bind?
Could you use the update-alternatives mechanism to rotate
/etc/resolv.conf scripts?
.....A. P. Harris...apharris@onShore.com...<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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