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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
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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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