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Re: Which resolv.conf file?



	Hi.

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 09:16:03AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 31 iul 19, 09:06:36, Reco wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 01:46:45AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> > > I want to make a change or two to resolv.conf, but every time I come
> > > across it I flee in terror, warned that my changes will be destroyed
> > > and the linux gods angered.
> > 
> > Have you meant this resolv.conf line?
> > 
> > # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by # resolvconf(8)
> > #     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
> > 
> > 
> > > What is the approved method for changing the list of DNS servers
> > > called upon by, in my case, Stretch on amd-64?
> > 
> > Assuming it is, and you're using ifupdown, you need to change
> > "dns-nameserver" stanza in the interface definition.
> 
> Careful, in /etc/network/interfaces it's 'dns-nameservers' (mind the 
> trailing 's'), because you can list more servers ;)

/usr/share/doc/resolvconf/README.gz disagrees with you:

* For each inet static logical interface through which a nameserver
  is accessible, add lines like the following to /etc/network/interfaces .

	  dns-nameserver 11.22.33.44
	  dns-nameserver 55.66.77.88
	  dns-search foo.org bar.com

Reco


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