[GRLUG] /etc/resolv.conf

[Michael Mol]

That depends on if you have your dhcp client configured to control it.

I'm not familiar with wicd.

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Eric Hartwell <eric at erichartwell.net> wrote:
> 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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