DHCP & /etc/resolv.conf

Jos Vos jos at xos.nl
Thu Oct 23 09:19:31 UTC 2003


On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 12:09:50PM +0300, 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?

Yes: add "PEERDNS=no" to the ifcfg-eth0 file (or whatever you use).

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