From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 24 14:52:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD8ED16A4CE for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:52:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao07.cox.net (lakemtao07.cox.net [68.1.17.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4EDC43D48 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:52:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from micheal@tsgincorporated.com) Received: from dredster ([68.12.79.37]) by lakemtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20040124225238.CNPO2432.lakemtao07.cox.net@dredster>; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 17:52:38 -0500 Message-ID: <158701c3e2cc$e01bf440$0201a8c0@dredster> From: "Micheal Patterson" To: , References: <20040124173756.5F33.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com> <157b01c3e2cc$22edee50$0201a8c0@dredster> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 16:53:21 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: Problem With Configuring Name Servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 22:52:41 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Micheal Patterson" To: ; Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 4:48 PM Subject: Re: Problem With Configuring Name Servers > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerard Seibert" > To: > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 4:40 PM > Subject: Problem With Configuring Name Servers > > > > I am fairly new to BSD. I seem to be having a problem setting up my name > servers correctly. > > > > I have the following in the resolv.conf file: > > > > domain rcn.com > > nameserver 207.172.3.8 > > nameserver 207.172.3.9 > > > > The following entry is in the re.conf file > > > > ifconfig_rl0="DHCP" > > > > Everything, including nslookup, etc works fine until I reboot. Then the > files are over written. The resolv.conf file then has the following entries: > > > > search cable.rcn.com > > nameserver 192.168.0.1 > > > > Obviously, I am doing something incorrectly here. Why are these files > being rewritten upon rebooting of the machine, and how do I stop it. I have > a cable connection that uses "DHCP" . I have the latest release of FreeBSD > 5.2 installed. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Gerard Seibert > > gerard-seibert@rcn.com > > > > > > In /etc there will be a file called dhclient.conf. If it doesn't exist, > create it and add the following: > > interface "rl0" { > prepend domain-name-servers 207.172.3.8; > prepend domain-name-servers 207.172.3.9; > request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers, domain-name-servers ; > require subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers ; > } > > What this will do is take the information that is provided during the dhcp > initialization and add the above to the information it recieves from the > server. If you don't want to use any of the name servers provided by dhcpd, > remote the domain-name-servers portion from the request entry. If you need > any further specifics, check out man dhclient.conf for other options to add > to this file. I think that this will do what you're looking for though. Argh. spellcheckers are evil I say. remove !remote -- Micheal Patterson Network Administration TSG Incorporated 405-917-0600