Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 02:01:17 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: xuc@mcbi-34.med.nyu.edu Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.awfulhak.org Subject: Re: ppp delete the line "nameserver 127.0.0.1" in resolv.conf Message-ID: <200006100101.CAA01989@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Chen Xu <xuc@mcbi-34.med.nyu.edu> of "Fri, 09 Jun 2000 18:05:04 EDT." <20000609180504.A993@saturn.med.nyu.edu>
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You need to remove the line saying ``enable dns'' from your ppp.conf.
See the man page.
> Greetings,
>
> I guess you can give me the anwser.
>
> I have two FreeBSD boxes at home as LAN. Like this:
>
> ppp ether
> my ISP <---> box1 -------- box2
>
> box1(FreeBSD3.2) is the gateway, connecting outside "ppp -auto -alias
> myisp". Works fine. It also runs DNS server for the local host names
> resolving. Box2 running 4.0-stable. Everything worked fine without
> connecting via ppp (both boxes can see each other by DNS). BUT, after
> ppp connection to outside after 1 minute or so, the line (in the
> /etc/resolv.conf)
>
> "nameserver 127.0.0.1" will be deleted from the file. The next to
> entries will stay.
>
> /etc/resolv.conf
> =========================
> domain home <---- stay
> nameserver 127.0.0.1 <------- this line will be deleted
> nameserver 11.22.33.44 < --- stay
> nameserver 55.66.77.88 < --- stay
> =========================
>
> the lone added here "nameserver 127.0.0.1" is just the the local DNS. In
> the box1 which is the NDS server, it makes sense as it points to itself.
> The domian "home" is the actaul name I give to my home LAN. Don't know
> if that's something wrong.
>
> After ppp connection is established for 1 or 2 minutes, the first line
> is deleted box1 cannnot see box2 anymore. Seeing outside still OK. Box2
> can see box1 and outside.
>
> Even I set the mode of /etc/resolv.conf as read-only, it still changes
> every time I make ppp connection.
>
> What's wrong?
>
> --
> Chen Xu
> xuchen66@yahoo.com, xuc@saturn.med.nyu.edu
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