[GRLUG] /etc/resolv.conf

[Bob Kline]

It's looking like it might come down to that.

Which ones are relevant?

   -- Bob


On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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