/etc/resolv.config

[kracer]

Hi everyone,

What does this file contain generally?

/etc/resolv.config

thx

[josefko]

Re: /etc/resolv.config

I used /etc/resolv.conf for manually editing DNS servers when Intrepid Network Manager was not able to set network. It was necessary to edit also /etc/network/interfaces to set ip adresses and start $sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
to make it work. I use it until now in Jaunty, but there are better ways.

[GreyGeek]

Re: /etc/resolv.config

Information that looks like this:

domain earthlink.net
search earthlink.net
nameserver 207.69.188.186
nameserver 207.69.188.187


/etc/resolv.conf is usually loaded automatically when the network starts up. You shouldn't have to edit this file. If you do, then your networking configuration has been messed up.

[flarson]

Re: /etc/resolv.config

If you do, then your networking configuration has been messed up.

That is only if you are doing networking exactly like everybody else. Editing resolv.conf is sometimes necessary to do what you want. Even Windoze will allow that.

[GreyGeek]

Re: /etc/resolv.config

If you do, then your networking configuration has been messed up.

That is only if you are doing networking exactly like everybody else. Editing resolv.conf is sometimes necessary to do what you want. Even Windoze will allow that.

True, but when a system automatically populates resolv.conf any manual edits you make may get replaced. I haven't been using Kubuntu long enough to know, but I do know that Mandriva, for example, pays no attention to /etc/resolv.conf, which is usually empty. It has its own conf file and doesn't want you to edit it because it is loaded automatically. However, for Kubuntu, a quck check with "locate resolv.conf" shows only one occurance of that file, unlike Mandriva.

[josefko]

Re: /etc/resolv.config

My manual edits to resolv.conf used to be deleted at the end of the every session. But after manual filling /etc/network/interfaces with ip addresses and after $sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart, they are fixed for months. My resolv.conf contains DNS servers and looks like this:

# Generated by NetworkManager





nameserver 213.46.172.36
nameserver 213.46.172.37