ubuntu 6.10: Problem with DNS configuration...

[Patrick Gelin]

No, there is no search line, my resolv.conf is:
domain orange.fr
nameserver 192.168.0.1
nameserver 80.10.246.3

I don't know how to write a search line, is it like this?

search orange.fr

Cheers
Patrick

John Dangler wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 16:27 +0700, Chanchao wrote:
>> On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 10:12 +0100, Patrick Gelin wrote:
>> 
>> > And after a reboot, this is the resolv.conf file:
>> > domain orange.fr
>> > nameserver 192.168.0.1
>> > nameserver 80.10.246.3
>> 
> Have you tried putting a "search" line in your resolv.conf?
> here's my resolv.conf...
> nameserver 209.208.124.98
> nameserver 209.208.124.99
> search mgjventures.com atlantic.net
> nameserver 209.208.25.18
> nameserver 209.208.42.132
> 
> It hasn't changed in over a year, with reboots, dist-upgrades through 3
> different Ubuntu's ...
> 
> hth
> John Dangler
> 
>> I get the same thing when using wireless, and the Network Manager
>> Applet.  Every time it connects to a wireless network it replaces the
>> DNS with whatever the wireless router fed it.
>> 
>> I find it strange that DNS seems a global setting, when it should
>> clearly be a setting PER network. (Not even per network interface, but
>> actually per network of which there can be many, especially wireless
>> ones.)
>> 
>> Like you step into a Starbucks shop and BAM!, your DNS settings are gone
>> with the wind. :)
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Chanchao
>> 
>>