Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 21:41:01 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: Leonard Zettel <zettel@acm.org>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: resolv.conf overwrite Message-ID: <0104112141010B.04392@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <3AD51271.25615AEB@acm.org> References: <3AD51271.25615AEB@acm.org>
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On Wednesday 11 April 2001 18:26, 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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Add the following to /etc/dhclient.conf:
interface "ep0" {
supersede domain-name-servers 204.254.120.6, 204.254.120.7;
}
Change ep0 to whatever your NIC is and include the " "
Beech
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