Re: PPP and DNS Problem in OpenBSD 2.7 beta

[Lars Hecking <lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie>]

Brian Somers writes:
> The only thing that's changed in this area is that you can now 
> ``resolv restore'' in ppp.linkdown if you want ppp to put resolv.conf 
> back the way it was.  The default should remain the same though.
> 
> Are you saying that resolv.conf is being updated but name resolution 
> doesn't seem to work ?  If so, what happens if you ask the nameserver 
> directly - so if your dns is 1.2.3.4, try
> 
>   nslookup www.OpenBSD.org 1.2.3.4
> 
> Does that work ?
 
> > In 2.6, this setup works for me every time. In 2.7 beta, it still dials 
> > up and logs in to the ISP but I cannot reach any DNS 
> > servers for name resolution, although I can ping the the DNS servers 
> > themselves. 

 Are you trying this as root or as some user? In the latter case,
 is resolv.conf readable by hat user?