Re: Kppp dialer and resolv.conf problems.

From: David Balazic (david.balazic_at_hermes.si)
Date: 06/07/04

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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 17:15:53 +0200

    Graham Hamblin wrote :

    > Hi
    >
    > New to the list and this is my first post.
    >
    > My intial install of Fedora Core 2 off www.linux-magazine.com had
    > problems connecting by modem to the internet. It appeared to connect
    > ok but then nothing.
    >
    > The problem arose because on connect temporary details were not written
    > to /etc/resolv.conf. There are two ways around the problem, there may
    > be others. Either disabling auto dns in kppp and opting for manual
    > dns or editing /etc/resolv.conf with ISP details and domain
    > nameservers.

    The address of the DNS server ( automatically assigned by your ISP ,
    probably over PPP )
    is not entered into /etc/resolv.conf ?

    Welcome to the club, see
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109607

    Party on,
    David

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