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Subject: Re: resolv.conf getting rewritten at system startup
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Duane Whitty wrote:

> I use  DHCP to configure my network interface.
> At startup my resolv.conf is overwritten, setting my
> nameserver to the address of the router running DHCP.

dhclient, also the new one updates /etc/resolv.conf with the information 
received from the dhcp server. You can change things by configuring 
dhclient editing /etc/dhclient.conf

see dhclient.conf(5) and dhcp-options(5)

Cheers, Erik
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