From: Conor Lennon (clennon at domain accuris.ie)
Date: Tue 16 May 2000 - 12:50:48 IST
Niall wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 10:14:18AM +0100, Conor Lennon wrote:
>
> > Yes. I can ping IP addresses by number but not by name.
> >
> > /etc/resolv.conf didn't exist.
>
> OK - resolv.conf is the problem (God but I'm a great diagnostician - pity
> about the bedside manner :-) )
>
> > So I got a copy from a working installation of SuSE.
> > Apart from commented lines, this is all that it contained:
> >
> > nameserver YAST_ASK
> >
> >
> > /etc/rc.config contained the following lines (as well as a lot more):
> >
> > CREATE_RESOLVCONF=yes
> > NAMESERVER="YAST_ASK"
>
> I've never seen that, but then I've never installed SuSE (or any Linux) on a
> machine without a NIC. Obviously YAST is going to fill these in when it asks
> you for them, but if you never get to that part of YAST . . . .
>
> > Copying these two files and restarting wvdial didn't fix the problem.
>
> Well, it wouldn't, as that resolv.conf file is incomplete. You say you took
> it from a working installation of SuSE - by working did you mean that when
> that machine was connected to the net, it could ping by name ? If so, I'm
> puzzled (actually, I'm more than puzzled :-) ). Was it using wvdial ? Some
> diallers (e.g. kppp) will edit resolv.conf on the fly i.e. when you
> configure kppp you give it the name server addresses to use, and it puts
> them into resolv.conf when it starts, and deletes them when it shuts down,
> but wvdial doesn't do that.
The machine I took resolv.conf from was connected to the net using
wvdial.
It was actually the same machine, just a second installation of SuSE
linux.
>
> Anyway, the way to fix this is to put your ISP's name server addresses into
> /etc/rc.config by replacing the line
>
> NAMESERVER="YAST_ASK"
>
> and then run /sbin/SuSEconfig.
I'll give that a try. Thanks
> What if you don't know your ISP's name server
> addresses ? Well, you could use these which is from my rc.config. I'm an
> ESAT Surf No Limits user, but these will work no matter who your ISP is
>
> NAMESERVER="194.145.128.1 194.145.128.2"
>
> and then you could use Netscape to surf on over to your ISP's site and get
> the correct name server addresses, edit rc.config again and rerun SuSEconfig.
> You should use your own ISP's name servers because that will give you the
> fastest service.
>
> BTW, in case you don't know, a name server is a computer which translates
> names (like NS2.ISI.IE) into IP addresses (like 192.111.39.4). Your computer
> has to know where there is a nameserver so that it can resolve these names
> into numerical addresses, and /etc/resolv.conf tells it wht nameservers to
> use.
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Niall O Broin
>
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