Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 14:54:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Dan Langille <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changes to file are lost Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807301453290.17630-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199807300641.SAA07797@cyclops.xtra.co.nz>
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On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Dan Langille wrote: > On 29 Jul 98, at 16:19, Doug White wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Dan Langille wrote: > > > > > I think I am imagining things. > > > > > > I made changes to /etc/resolv.conf last night. Tonight, after a reboot, > > > the file seems to have reset itself to what it was yesterday. Mind you, > > > that reboot was from a panic. Would that account for the recent changes > > > being undone? > > > > 1. Forgot to save it? > > Possible, but the changes were invoked within DNS. So I'm not sure. > > > 2. Running dhcp? > > Client side only. Would this explain it? Yup -- the DHCP client rewrites /etc/resolv.conf with the information it receives from the DHCP server. > > Don't take the disks out until you've unmounted them. :) > > Yeah yeah yeah. smartie. :) > BTW: You answer a great deal of messages on the list. On behalf of the > others, thanks. Always glad to be of service. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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