2005/9/1, Eric Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> In testing, I'm installing postfix and it is pulling in this
> resolvconf package. resolvconf is trying to tell me that it is much
> better to put my name servers in /etc/network/interfaces. But why?
> What is the benefit?
>
> Does I need this line for each defined interface or just at the top
> of the file for all interfaces?
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
They're for each interface.
I think that the reason is because you can have different interfaces
connecting by different ways (for example in a notebook); when you
connect by ppp or by dhcp normally the nameservers are defined by
them.
Example:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.9.18.19
netmask 255.255.0.0
network 10.9.0.0
broadcast 10.9.255.255
gateway 10.9.0.2
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers 10.0.0.86 200.72.1.5 200.72.1.1
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
--
Franco Gorziglia Cheviakoff
http://www.gorziglia.cl
