Bug 15315

Summary:	Kppp and /etc/resolv.conf
Product:	[Applications] kppp	Reporter:	pgoodw
Component:	general	Assignee:	Harri Porten <porten>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	esigra, henri.wahl
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Other
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description pgoodw 2000-11-14 08:40:51 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package: kppp
Version: 2.0
Severity: normal
Installed from: Mandrake 7.2

When I run Kppp I can connect to my ISP no probem. The DNS entries I entered for Kppp are being entered into /etc/resolv.conf twice - one set are commented as Kppp the other as ppp.

When I exit Kppp the Kppp entries are removed but the ppp entries are not.

This doesn't appear to cause any problems though it might if I use more than one ISP.

Pete

(submitted via bugs.kde.org)

Comment 1 Allen Barnett 2000-12-18 21:20:58 UTC

In addition to putting two copies of the DNS addresses in
/etc/resolv.conf KPPP 2.0.2 also does not respect NOT setting the
'disable
existing dns servers during connection'. It overwrites any DNS addresses
which already exist in resolv.conf regardless and does not restore
them on disconnection.

Thanks
Allen Barnett

Comment 2 Leon Bottou 2001-08-07 19:53:36 UTC

Allen Barnett wrote:
> ... KPPP also does not respect NOT setting the 'disable
> existing dns servers during connection'. It overwrites any DNS addresses
> which already exist in resolv.conf regardless and does not restore
> them on disconnection.

This seems to happen when the domain name is not set.
In other words if you want to disable the existing dns servers
you must set a non empty domain name.

Otherwise you will get the existing dns servers before
the ones added by kppp despite having checked 
the 'disable existing dns' box.
This is extremely confusing.

This is still true in the 2.2 branch.

- Leon Bottou

Comment 3 Daniel Naber 2002-09-30 02:14:32 UTC

*** Bug 24579 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 J E Drews 2003-03-08 23:20:37 UTC

FreeBSD 4.8 RC 
KDE 3.1.0 
Installed from ports 
 
 This does not appear to be a problem anymore. Kppp writes to /etc/resolv.conf 
correctly. This bug report should be closed. Note: I have also used Kppp 
satisfactorily in Mandrake 8.2 and Mandrake 9.0.. This bug appears to be fixed.  
WORKSFORME

Comment 5 Chris Howells 2003-03-17 13:16:17 UTC

Seems to work fine for me as well. Marking WORKSFORME.

Comment 6 Denis SABATIER 2004-08-04 21:13:59 UTC

In kppp 2.1.4 on a Mandrake 10.0 I have exactly the problem described by Allen
Barnett: disabling other DNS does not work when no domain name is provided. Is
this corrected ?

Comment 7 Richard Neill 2005-11-24 05:23:01 UTC

See also bug 116984