Re: resolv.conf question
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:10:25 -0400
"Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:48:06AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West
> wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 05:20:56PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > > I'm running Etch. My resolv.conf starts with the line:
> > >
> > > # generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!
> > >
> > > and contains entries that I want to have new different
> > > values. I want to change the values in a way that last
> > > through a reboot, and I'd like to do it by editting
> > > a file using vim. What is the file that is the
> > > authoritative source of nameserver addresses?
> >
> > I found this:
> > http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManagerConfigurationSpecification
> >
> > but couldn't tell from a quick read where those configs were
> > supposed to go. Most of the way down the page it referes to DNS
> > settings.
> >
> > I don't use NM, so I leave implementing it up to you ;)
>
> Or, the OP could get rid of NM and perhaps install the resolvconf
> package (that takes resolvconf hints from /etc/network/interfaces
> and ppp).
>
> Doug.
>
Perhaps I didn't understand everything, but I decided I didn't need
resolvconf. I chose, instead, to use resolv.conf and to configure
everything myself.
--
Raquel
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