Re: Resolv.conf

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 03:00, M=A7K wrote:
> I found out my system lacks /etc/resolv.conf
> The man page says it is not needed by a well installed os, but since I st=
ill
> can't connect to the internet...
> Is it that unuseful?

It's needed to resolve the names of any hosts not listed in /etc/hosts.

> How can automatically create one (I wouldn't know what to write in it)?

DHCP and PPP clients can automatically create it (with pppd you need the
usepeerdns option).


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Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast