Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:59:40 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@TheWorld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Howto - dhclient not generate/update resolv.conf Message-ID: <20011228125815.B27720-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <200112281755.MAA6061942@shell.TheWorld.com>
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
> Hello...
>
> What is a/the correct way to get DHCP (dhclient) to *not*
> generate/update /etc/resolv.conf when it starts/renews?
>
> OS is FreeBSD RELENG_4 as of 2001/12/27 (4.5-PRERELEASE).
>
> What I want to do: Get my ip-address, etc, via DHCP/dhclient,
> but still be able to run my own (caching-only, for example)
> nameserver. Based on manpage(s) (e.g. resolv.conf(5)) it seems
> quite appropriate to *not* have resolv.conf in this scenario. (?)
I let dhclient play with resolv.conf, but I tell it to prepend my caching
server address. From /etc/dhclient.conf:
interface "ed0" {
supersede domain-name "marcuscom.com";
prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;
}
man dhclient.conf(5) gives a good example of a "complex" dhclient.conf.
Joe
>
> Citable source (aka, FM to RT :) much appreciated. So far, I
> haven't found quite what I'm looking for in the manpages,
> Handbook, books, etc.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -kc
>
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