Re: Changes to /etc/resolv.conf don't stick

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Author: Darrin Chandler
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Subject: Re: Changes to /etc/resolv.conf don't stick
Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:

>I dunno. I'm really ignorant about this stuff. I just have a box connected to
>the internet by a Quest Actiontec DSL modem. According to tech support at
>FastQ, the modem is using the wrong nameserver, or pointing to the wrong
>nameserver, or something along those lines. He had me change the nameservers
>in /etc/resolv.conf and everything worked great after that. But I think the
>DSL modem is causing it to revert back to the old nameserver.
>
>Siri Amrit
>
>


Try "man dhclient.conf" and look for "supersede"...

This will allow you to tell your dhcp client to use values you supply
instead of setting them from the DHCP server.

-- 
Darrin Chandler            |  Phoenix BSD Users Group
   |  http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/
http://www.stilyagin.com/  |


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