Thomas Hood wrote:
iface eth0 inet static address 172.17.207.12 gateway 172.17.207.1 netmask 255.255.255.0I'll assume that interface eth0 is configured using the "ifup" command. Add this line to the "iface eth0" stanza in /etc/network/interfaces dns-nameservers 172.17.207.1 172.17.207.18 Then do, as root: ifdown eth0 ifup eth0 Then your resolv.conf file should be correct. Please read resolvconf(8) and the README file in/usr/share/doc/resolvconf for background information.
Why on earth would I want to do that? /etc/resolv.conf has been a perfectly fine way of statically configuring name servers for the last few decades.
resolvconf should quite simply not modify /etc/resolv.conf if it doesn't know the right thing to put there. Then this sort of problem would never arise.
As I said, I didn't even ask to install it. I don't see why I should jump through extra nonstandard hoops just because its author can't be bothered with some simple sanity checks.
ttfn/rjk