DHCP & /etc/resolv.conf

Sean Craig seanc at tech-access.com
Thu Oct 23 09:25:41 UTC 2003


Hi Lauri,

In the network configuration panel (redhat-config-network), you can 
select to automatically obtain DNS information from provider.  Try 
unchecking this and see what happens.

You could also try removing all write permissions from resolv.conf 
(#chmod -w /etc/resolv.conf).

regards

Sean Craig

Lauri Jutila wrote:

>I have DHCP servers at both home and office for quick and easy network
>configuration when I use a laptop. I've also installed caching name
>server to my laptop and it works fine, but DHCP client always
>regenerates /etc/resolv.conf, discarding old information, including
>"nameserver 127.0.0.1".
>
>Is there a way to have a permanent setting in /etc/resolv.conf and let
>DHCP client change the rest regarding to where I'm located?
>
>Regards,
>
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