Spoke too soon. It still does not survive a rebootthough the DNS still points to google. On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Carruth, Rusty wrote: > Well, the ones in resolv.conf.d are what get copied to resolv.conf during > startup. > > > > To prove that, change resolv.conf to say one thing, and change the base > (or head, or tail, whichever it is that has the ‘do not edit’ message) to > say something else, and reboot. > > > > The changes you made to base should show up in resolv.conf, and whatever > you put into resolv.conf should be gone without a trace ;-) > > > > I’m using this on one of my computers to make sure that resolv.conf gets > set right… > > > > (None of what I say on PLUG list is official SmartH anything, ever. In > case you were confused ;-) > > > > > > Rusty Carruth | Customer Support | *rusty.carruth@smarth.com > * | http://www.smarth.com > > > > *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On > Behalf Of *Michael > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 07, 2017 2:46 PM > *To:* Main PLUG discussion list > *Subject:* Re: Network gurus > > > > I looked into the file (as suggested) and it says not to edit manually. > > > > On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Carruth, Rusty > wrote: > > On my Linux boxes (Linux Mint), there is /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d dir > which has 3 files: base, head, tail. > > > > Put ‘nameserver 8.8.8.8’ into base (or tail) and it should always get > added to resolv.conf every reboot. (You might look at all 3 files, my > favourite trick for this is: > > > > more /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/*|less > > > > and see what’s in them before you start.) > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: