On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, rebel indian wrote: > > hi Matthew and others > Nothing is working. I did PEERDNS=yes in the file > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > and also opened redhat-config-network and also edited my /etc/resolv.conf > (i knw i needed to do only 1 thing but i did all) > earlier my /etc/resolv.conf looked like this > /etc/resolv.conf > > > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > nameserver 159.149.70.1 > search crema.unimi.it > > when i edited by hand by seeing similar file of another machine on LAN > it looked like this > > /etc/resolv.conf > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > nameserver 159.149.70.1 > nameserver 159.149.102.2 > nameserver 194.243.154.62 > search crema.unimi.it > > > when I restarted the laptop it was overwritten and the file was again That would seem to indicate that your DHCP server is providing DNS information. > > nameserver 127.0.0.1 I think this line should be included only if you are running your own caching DNS server. What happens if you delete it? > nameserver 159.149.70.1 > search crema.unimi.it > > > > My /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 now looks like this: > > (after rebooting) > > DEVICE =eth0 > ONBOOT=yes > BOOTROTO=dhcp > PEERDNS=yes > TYPE=Ethernet > USETL=no Should be USERCTL=no, but maybe you want USERCTL=yes so you don't have to be root to restart the interface? > What to do..i m confused..have wasted around 3 hrs..switching between > windows and linux :) > PS: I got lot of spams addressed to shrike list. DId you all also got. > Its strange That's some idiot who wanted to unsubscribe but couldn't figure out how, so he's taking his frustrations out on the rest of us. > > Thanx waiting for your replies > Rebel PS Please wrap your lines around col 72. Thanks. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
