On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Michele Dalla Silvestra wrote: > A little question. Only the Root (the human) should modify a file in /etc, > and dpkg ask when it may change a config file. This should be good. > > For /etc/resolv.conf, instead, many programs pretend to modify it (script > from pppd, dhcp-client and so on). > > But for use dynamic dns server one can use dnrd, that can connect to various > DNS servers dynamically without modify any file! > > > If is not possible to put dnrd in any installation, why not modify a file > like resolv.conf in /var/somewhat and make a symlink in /etc/resolv.conf? If > an administrator want to make him change in /etc/resolv.conf and be sure > that a program not modify it, he remove the symlink and create his > resolv.conf. > > Be sure you do not have the option 'usepeerdns' enabled in pppd options.
Greetz, Sebastiaan
