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In article <DovuFn.Iy9@midway.uchicago.edu>,
fugue <fugue@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>Hi all...
>  I've been watching the group for a while hoping an answer to my question
>would appear (as well as using DejaNews to check back in time...), but none
>has to date, so I'll ask.
>
>First, a bit of tech setup info:
>A1200, 50MHz 68030 w/MMU, 25MHz FPU, 8 fast, 2 chip, 1.2 gig SCSI, 14.4k modem.
>AmiTCP 4.0 Demo
>PPP Unregistered (the newest release, whatever version it is...)

1.45   I checked. :)

>
>Anyway...I used to run AmiTCP over a non-dynamically-assigned SLIP connection
>(using cslip...I had a permanent IP), and everything worked absolutely fine.
>
>Now, the Powers That Be(TM) decided that my little pet IP should go away, so
>I'm being forced to used a dial-up, dynamic PPP connection, which hangs up
>every 3 hours.  I installed PPP, and used one of the many dialer programs
>out there (I'm at work now and can't recall the name, but it's very nice,
>with an intuitive GUI and easy scripting...whichever it is, I love it).
>


SLIPCall...I checked again. :)

>Anyhow, for some reason, there are several problems cropping up.
>1)  in ENV:, my .config file keeps changing back to my old one, even though
>    it no longer exists in ENVARC:, and none of my scripts touch it.  I have
>    to hand-edit the thing each time.
>

Ok...I got this fixed by reinstalling everything. *sigh*

>2)  DNS is kaput.  For some reason, the file in db: which is responsible for
>    assigning DNS names/addresses (again, I'm at work and blanking on the name)
>    keeps getting reset to default.  I have to overwrite it from backup to get
>    it to work, and even then DNS sometimes refuses to work.
>


It's the resolv.conf.  Something keeps backing it up (resolv.conf.backup), but
 every time I start from a warm-boot, my resolv.conf contains no domain names,
 and a nameserver address of 0.0.0.0.
  Additionally, when AmiTCP is first started, I'm not logged inm properly.
I end up having to do it manually, then copy the resolv.conf.backup to 
resolv.conf, kill AmiTCP and SLIPCall, then restart SLIPCall.  After that,
everything's kosher.  I just can't figure out what's causing it to do that.


Any ideas?


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