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From: Reg <fbsd@typhoon.co.jp>
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Cc: Leonard Zettel <zettel@acm.org>
Subject: Re: resolv.conf overwrite
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 I forgot to say that you should

    man dhclient.conf

for more details, especially the part on the "supersede" and the example
at the end.

Reg.

Leonard Zettel wrote:

> Following The Complete FreeBSD p 480 I created the following
> /etc/resolv.conf
>
> # Changed by Len Zettel 4/11/01
> #----------removed-------------
> # search
> # nameserver 192.168.0.185
> # ------------------------------
> # ---------Added---------------
> domain Oz.
> nameserver 204.254.120.6   # Bignet primary nameserver
> nameserver 204.254.120.7   # Bignet secondart nameserver
> #------------------------------------------------------
>
> I was then happy as a clam at high tide at being able
> to ping domain names on the net. :-)
> This looked like PROGRESS! (One step at a time division).
>
> Then I rebooted :-(
>
> /etc/resolv.conf now contained
>
> search
> nameserver 192.168.0.185
>
> Tentative conclusion: something in the boot sequence
> is fooling with (probably creating) /etc/resolv.conf
>
> So, what do I change to stop this?  Or should I not
> be trying to stop it?  And doing something else entirely?
> And where can I read about THAT?
>
> My access to the net is via DSL with a Windows machine as gateway
> running a package calle SyGate.  (Yes, technically DUMB, DUMB, DUMB)
> except for one thing: it works.  Even I got it working.  When (not IF,
> optimist that I am) I get Free BSD running well under this setup
> we'll work on changing it.  Hopefully a step at a time.
> Thanks for reading.
>    -LenZ-
>
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