NetworkManager-resolv.conf -

[Ed Greshko]

On 11/17/2012 08:47 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
>
>>> Also, in my experience NM does NOT get the DNS settings from the server.
>>>
>>> I run NM on my Fedora-17/KDE laptop.
>>> Normally this works fine - it has certainly improved greatly over the
>>> years. But if I go out of WiFi range then NM comments out the DNS entries
>>> in /etc/resolv.conf .
>>> However, if I go back in range, it does not add the DNS entries
>>> from /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf on the server, where I have
>>>
>>>   # option definitions common to all supported networks...
>>>   option domain-name "gayleard.com";
>>>   option domain-name-servers 159.134.237.6, 159.134.248.17;
>> I don't know what you mean by "from the server".  But, if in the case you
>> cite above you mean your laptop is the server and it has info in
>> /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf then I wouldn't expect its information added to your
>> DNS settings either.
> I think what I said is perfectly clear.
> My laptop is not the server.
> I don't see how anyone could interpret what I said to mean that.
> Surely if someone speaks of a laptop and a server
> the implication is that they are different machines?
>
> To spell it out.
> My server is an HP MicroServer running CentOS-6.3 .
> My laptop is a ThinkPad T61p running Fedora-17/KDE .
> I have shown above the entry I have in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf on the server .

I'm sorry if my stupidity has pissed you off in some way.

>
> As I said, if I lose WiFi connection then /etc/resolv.conf on my laptop
> is over-written (commented out).
> When I come back into WiFi range, /etc/resolv.conf is not re-written.
> Nor is it re-written if I re-start NM on my laptop.
> However, if I re-boot my laptop then it is re-written.
>
> Have you actually gone out of range while linked to an access point?
>

Yes......

When out of range it reads...

# Generated by NetworkManager


# No nameservers found; try putting DNS servers into your
# ifcfg files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts like so:
#
# DNS1=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
# DNS2=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
# DOMAIN=lab.foo.com bar.foo.com


Coming back in range it reads....

# Generated by NetworkManager


# No nameservers found; try putting DNS servers into your
# ifcfg files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts like so:
#
# DNS1=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
# DNS2=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
# DOMAIN=lab.foo.com bar.foo.com




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