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From: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>
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Subject: Re: resolv.conf and dhclient
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> What is the best approach to keep dhclient from overwriting 
> /etc/resolv.conf every time it gets a new lease on an IP address?

in /etc/dhclient.conf add a couple of lines:

	supersede domain-name "mydomain";
	supersede domain-name-servers 192.168.3.1;

replacing as appropoiate...

> has been a frustrating search as Google has turned up next to nothing

'man dhclient' would have been a better starting point :-)

-pcf.