Re: Keeping the list of search domains in /etc/resolv.conf, usingDHCP

[Keith Morse <kgmorse mpcu com>]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Bart van Kuik wrote:

> I'm using RedHat 9 and I'm using DHCP. This client deletes any additions
> to the domains to be searched in the /etc/resolv.conf file. Is there a setting
> somewhere which prevents the client from deleting manual additions to
> the /etc/resolv.conf file? I.e. the contents are initially:
> 
> search domain1.com
> nameserver 1.2.3.4
> nameserver 1.2.3.5
> 
> Then I add two extra domains to be searched, like this:
> search domain1.com
> search domain-x.net
> search domain-y.org
> nameserver 1.2.3.4
> nameserver 1.2.3.5
> 
> and after the DHCP client runs, the extra lines are deleted. How to
> prevent this?


One thing I can think of, is to make sure that 
"Automatically obtain DNS information from provider" is unchecked in the 
interface configuration from the redhat-config-network (neat).