[GRLUG] /etc/resolv.conf

[Eric Hartwell]

What device is giving out DHCP addresses? That device writes to resolv.conf when your computer requests and IP. 


- eah

On Aug 9, 2010, at 8:26 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:

> I changed my nameserver entries
> in /etc/resolv.conf to use Google's.
> Much faster.
> 
> But something keeps changing it
> back to Comcast's entries. Often.
> 
> I can see that there are resolv.conf
> entries in several places,  including
> /var/lib/dhcpcd and /var/lib/wicd.  
> 
> Not what I want.
> 
> Can someone provide a short word
> salad about how the resolv.conf entry
> in /etc/ is managed, and suggest how
> I go about overriding the changes?
> 
> I can always tell when my changes are
> overwritten, because things slow down.
> 
>    -- Bob
> 
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