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Wols Lists wrote: |
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> On 06/03/2023 08:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 07:54:51 +0000, Wols Lists wrote: |
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>>> There's another file - can't remember its name - that tells your |
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>>> resolver what to try in what order - the hosts file, dns, what dhcp |
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>>> told you, etc etc, so your resolver might not be using dns the way you |
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>>> think. |
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>> Do you mean /etc/nsswitch.conf? |
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> Ah yes. Any idea why Firefox seems to ignore it? Whenever I try to |
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> browse to local machines in /etc/hosts, firefox gives me a google |
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> search page which is a bloody nuisance. If I type a VALID ADDRESS in |
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> the ADDRESS BAR, that's where I expect to go! Not some damn random |
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> search page! |
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> Cheers, |
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> Wol |
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I found where someone posted about Firefox, it seems you can change that |
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in preferences. You just uncheck a box. Anyway. |
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I looked at the nsswitch file. I'm not 100% sure what it says but it |
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looks like others I've found. Basically, it points to /etc and that's |
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it, for network stuff anyway. So, I dug around some more. I found a |
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command that shows what it is seeing and should be using. This is the info: |
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root@fireball / # resolvconf -l |
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# resolv.conf from tun0 |
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# Generated by openvpn for interface tun0 |
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nameserver 162.252.172.57 |
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nameserver 149.154.159.92 |
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# resolv.conf from tun0.inet |
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nameserver 162.252.172.57 |
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nameserver 149.154.159.92 |
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# resolv.conf from enp3s0 |
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# Generated by netifrc for interface enp3s0 |
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nameserver 8.8.8.8 |
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nameserver 8.8.4.4 |
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# resolv.conf from enp3s0.dhcp |
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# Generated by dhcpcd from enp3s0.dhcp |
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nameserver 10.0.0.1 |
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root@fireball / # |
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I left the IPs Surfshark gave me in this one. As you can see tho, for |
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my VPN it should be using the ones I'm telling it to use, manually. |
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Thing is, it isn't. This is a link to the website Surfshark sent me and |
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the info it says it is using for DNS lookup. |
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https://surfshark.com/check |
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DNS addresses: |
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107.179.20.190 / United States of America, Los Angeles / LayerHost |
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As one can tell, I don't have the IP for DNS listed anywhere up there. |
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So, it seems one part is seeing the changes I want to make but the rest |
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is just plain ignoring me. Do I need to do something for those to take |
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effect or do they just work? I restarted both the VPN and my regular |
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network. What am I missing here? |
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Thanks. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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