From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Subject: Re: Fixing /etc/resolv.conf Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:21:00 +0800 Message-ID: <20050723142100.3112f92d@localhost> References: <200507210552.j6L5qNoH000634@meridian.ph> <42DF510A.7040803@comcast.net> <20050722090537.7e40d277@localhost> <200507221625.13687.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200507221625.13687.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:25:13 +0200 Richard Adams wrote: > On Friday 22 July 2005 03:05, Peter wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 01:38:50 -0600 > > > Peter H. wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > In slackware the file /etc/resolv.conf is updated on every reboot. > > > > > > > > How can I stop that? I tried chattr +i and chmod -w w/o success. > > > > > > > > The reason is that the nameserver address which is put into the file on > > > > every > > > > > > reboot is not the the one I am supposed to use according to the advise > > > >from my broadband ISP. > > > > > > Most likely /etc/resolv.conf is being overwritten by the DHCP client > > > every time you reboot. In Slackware, edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 so that > > > when it runs dhcpcd it uses the option -R, which will prevent dhcpcd > > > from replacing the existing /etc/resolv.conf. > > > > Thanks! It does not work. > > When i tryed that option a while ago it worked for me, however you can always > do things in many different ways with linux, simply make a copy > of /etc/resolv.conf and edit it to your needs and rename it something like > resolv.good. > Now place the following in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file > > cp /etc/resolv.good /etc/resolv.conf That's what I did. May be I put the -R on the wrong place. I put it at eth${1}" | $LOGGER /sbin/dhcpcd -d -R -t 10 -h > > I ask myself why you get the wrong info everytime from your dhcp server tho. > Surely its better to solve the problem at the root instead of working around > it. I approached the ISP and was told they will have it fixed coming week. > Regards Richard. > Regards -- Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs