[GRLUG] /etc/resolv.conf

[Bob Kline]

Not sure I follow.  OK, I'm sure I don't.

Why would the nameserver addresses
be changed in /etc/resolv.conf?  i.e., I
specifically want the Google name servers.

I commented out the "search"  and "domain"
entries out of /var/lib/dhcpcd and /var/lib/wicd.
Maybe that will stop the changes.

   -- Bob


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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