[GRLUG] /etc/resolv.conf

[Michael Mol]

I recommend you read the relevant manpages.

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> Could be.  The configuration is not
> anything I did.  Some of it seems to
> date from when I set up the system.
> Something found my ISP, via the
> Ethernet connection, and presumably
> set things accordingly.
> As I said, I commented out a few things
> in the dhcpcd and wicd areas, so maybe
> that will override the changes....
>     -- Bob
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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