Solved Missing resolv.conf on new installation

[fred974]

I just install a new FreeBSD 10.2 zfs installation from script and I have no internet access...
After some digging, I realised that I had no /etc/resolv.conf file...
Should I just create it manually and chmod 644 it?
If This file is missing is there a way to see what else has been omitted in the process?
Is this behaviour happen a lot?

vi  /etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory

 

[ondra_knezour]

If This file is missing is there a way to see what else has been omitted in the process?

Maybe freebsd-update IDS may help you? See freebsd-update(8)

Is this behaviour happen a lot?

Never, at least to me.

 

[usdmatt]

I don't think /etc/resolv.conf does exist by default, so it's not that the FreeBSD extraction has gone wrong and missed a file, just that you've used an install process that hasn't specifically created it for you. You should be fine to create it manually.

 

[kpa]

It depends on what you chose for IPv4 settings. If you chose DHCP ( ifconfig_IF="SYNCDHCP" for example) there should be a /etc/resolv.conf file created at boot by dhclient(8). If you chose manual IP address you'll have to create the file yourself.

 

[fred974]

I set /etc/rc.conf to DHCP and after reboot the /etc/resolv.conf was then present

 

[Barney]

Still the same with 11.3. It's pretty lame to ask for a default router but not DNS; there's no logic to not at least ask if you want it set

 

[SirDice]

Still the same with 11.3. It's pretty lame to ask for a default router but not DNS; there's no logic to not at least ask if you want it set

The installer actually does ask for it if you use static addresses. If you use DHCP then /etc/resolv.conf will be automatically generated based on the response of the DHCP server by resolvconf(8).

 

[debguy]

SirDice is right, if you follow the FreeBSD Handbook* for your "connection style" (let me guess wifi) - one gets created.

(and excellent guide, a must read)