From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 23 07:33:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D97B437B401 for ; Fri, 23 May 2003 07:33:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web40601.mail.yahoo.com (web40601.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.78.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4F3B843FE1 for ; Fri, 23 May 2003 07:33:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from deesto@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030523143335.31080.qmail@web40601.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [143.48.14.233] by web40601.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 23 May 2003 07:33:35 PDT Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 07:33:35 -0700 (PDT) From: John DeStefano To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: network settings auto-config? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 14:33:36 -0000 I'm running FreeBSD 5.0, and I'm having trouble with some network settings. I am sure this is something of my own doing, but the OS keeps re-configuring some of my network files (for example, /etc/resolv.conf), which is causing some flaky behavior. I used to be able to ssh to the box remotely; now, I can only ssh from the same box to the box itself, and only using the loopback IP address. No other host names or IPs work, and I can't ssh remotely. Regarding resolv.conf: even though I entered "search " dunring initial setup, each time I check the file, this line disappears. I noticed also that something seems to be auto-resolving my ISP's DNS servers and adding their entries to resolv.conf, which would be fine if it didn't keep erasing my entries! Thanks for the help. ~John --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.