[Leaplist] Still can't get online

[Richard F. Ostrow Jr.]

<quote who="William H. Ferguson">
> My Main Desktop Computer has suddenly ceased to be able to get online.
>
> So, now, I'm using a second computer whose e-mail program and ability to
> get online is OK.
>
> A friend suggested I try these commands as root on my Main Desktop
> Computer:
> cd /etc
> cd  init.d/
>
> "root at localhost init.d]# ./network restart "
>
> Here's the response:
> "Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
> Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
> Bringing up interface eth0:
> Determining IP information for eth0...cp: cannot remove
> `/etc/resolv.conf.predhclient.eth0': Permission denied
> done. "

This suggests several possibilities to me...

First, some background.

/etc/resolv.conf

Used to point to your name server... without which, you may well believe
you're off-line, when in fact you're fully on-line without the ability to
resolve a name into an IP address.

Now... your DHCP client for some odd reason has a file there
(/etc/resolv.conf.predhclient.eth0) that it doesn't have permission to
remove... even as root. That's where I'd start. Try logging in in
single-user mode and removing that file... maybe you crashed and there's
some weird file locking issue going on.

For an emergency, temporary work-around, try modifying resolv.conf to
point at your DNS server (maybe your router, maybe your modem, maybe your
firewall... I can't say, it's your network). This would only work, though,
if the rest of the setup worked properly.

Tools to keep handy:

ifconfig
ping
route
/etc/init.d/network (your system network script, apparently)

Pull up the man page on each of these (not the script, though).

Also, look in /etc/conf.d/network (or similar).

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