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  1. BK 15may03:
  2. /etc/resolv.conf
  3. This has your ISP's domain name servers (DNSs).
  4. Normally, these will be supplied automatically by
  5. the ISP and this file will be written to during
  6. the connection ...look at the script /etc/ppp/ip-up*
  7. 3Nov04: See note in /etc/ppp/README.txt.
  8. I have removed all default entries from /etc/resolv.conf,
  9. so it is now just an empty file -- suggestion is that
  10. Roaring Penguin pppoe needs this.
  11. /etc/nsswitch.conf
  12. A PPP HOWTO recommended this file be there, with the line:
  13. hosts: files dns
  14. in it. Note, the file in Red Hat has heaps more stuff.
  15. /etc/host.conf
  16. The PPP HOWTO states that this must have the line:
  17. order hosts,bind
  18. /etc/hosts
  19. This file has the lines:
  20. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
  21. 0.0.0.0 puppypc
  22. where second line is name of the computer. I read somewhere
  23. that you could have:
  24. 0.0.0.0 localhost
  25. on the second line, instead of name of the computer.
  26. /etc/hostname
  27. This also has the name of the computer:
  28. puppypc
  29. That's all, just one word in the file.
  30. Note that /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit reads this file and executes
  31. "hostname" application, thus setting the system to this name.
  32. /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
  33. Stuff in here gets executed during startup.
  34. It calls rc.modules, which loads kernel driver modules.
  35. /etc/profile
  36. After Bash/Ash (command prompt) is running, this file is executed.
  37. It's just like "autoexec.bat" in MSDOS.
  38. NOTE:
  39. To troubleshoot your PPP dialup connection, refer to
  40. /usr/share/doc/pppsetup.htm
  41. also look in /etc/modules.conf and /etc/rc.d/rc.modules