Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten
on Sat, 04 Jan 2003 05:19:39PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson insinuated:
> On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 09:01:57AM +1100, David Gardner wrote:
> | Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
> |
> | <snip>
> | > i don't changed anything as root between relapses, so i can't figure
> | > out what's causing this. any ideas?
>
> | If you're using dhclient, check out /etc/dhclient-script. There's a
> | function make_resolv_conf() in there which overwrites /etc/resolv.conf
> | whenever there's a dhcp update. You could probably just comment it out, or
> | change this routine to add your custom search information. If you do
> | disable it though, remember that if your ISP changes your DNS settings, they
> | won't be reflected here. :)
>
> A better solution is to edit /etc/dhclient.conf. Use one of
> append search foo.example bar.example
> prepend search foo.example bar.example
> depending on the effect you want.
cool, much better. thanks,
learning as i go,
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