On Monday 23 January 2006 01:44 pm, Kevin kindly wrote:
> On 1/23/06 11:23 AM, "Siri Amrit Kaur" <tigerflag@tigerflag.com> wrote:
> >> From a google search, it looks like PCLinuxOS probably uses the
> >> 'dhclient'
> >>
> >> dhcp client.  If so, read `man dhclient.conf` specifically the supersede
> >> option.
> >>
> >> Something like this works for me in /etc/dhclient.conf:
> >>
> >> supersede domain-name-servers 192.168.0.1;
> >>
> >> ...Kevin
> >
> > Is that the complete command? Do you tell it what domain-name-servers you
> > want it to use?
> >
> > And it may be a moot point, because I don't have a file
> > /etc/dhclient.conf
> >
> > Siri Amrit
>
> Maybe /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf?
>
> If you don't see it there search for it:
>  find /etc -name dhclient.conf -print
>

Did the search, it didn't find anything. I don't have that file.

> Once you find it, just do this:
>  echo "supersede domain-name-servers 192.168.0.1;" >>
> /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
>
> That should be all one line.  Don't forget the semicolon and the
> double-quotes, and of course substitute the IP address you need.
>

Sorry to be so stupid, but _where_ would I substitute the IP address? I don't 
understand the syntax, and that makes me really insecure about messing with 
this. 

> Then, check your work like this, you should see your supersede statement on
> the last line:
>  tail /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
>
> If that goes according to plan, just restart dhclient:
>  killall dhclient && dhclient
>   -or-
>  killall dhclient3 && dhclient
>
>
> Let me know how that goes.
>

I do appreciate your help, but this is just too scary for me. 

Siri Amrit

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