Re: resolv.conf ??
jdow <jdow <at> earthlink.net>
2012-08-09 19:29:18 GMT
On 2012/08/09 11:52, Peter Larsen wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2012 at 08:19:19PM -0400, Jim wrote:
>> F17
>>
>> How do I LOCK-IN namserver ijn resolv.conf so it cannot be changed by
>> Fedora ?
>
> You need to be a bit more specific. "Fedora" doesn't do anything, a particular package does.
> For DHCP client connections (controlled/managed by dhclient) it is ORDERED by the dhcp server
> to configure the client in a certain way. That includes nameserver etc. You can override that
> with the dhclient.conf file - where you can specify to ignore certain "orders" or you can tell it
> to add constant definitions you want added in all cases. For instance, you may want to use
> your local caching nameserver instead of the one your dhcp server tells you to do - you would do
> that by adding "option domain-name-servers <ip addr for your local server>" to the dhclient file
> under the correct lease section. It's quite more complex that that - check out the dhclient.conf
> man file and the /usr/share/docs/dhclient*/ sample files.
>
> If you instead use static IP setup, then dhclient is not going to be used. And your /etc/resolv.conf
> and other changes that dhclient makes, will not take place. But now you have to do a static
> setup either in NetworkManager or the old way in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts (system-config-network).
>
> Things tends to also go bad if you have multiple networks configured. Ie. your laptop has a
> wired network connection and a wireless connection. Both connect using dhcp and if not configured
> right, they are two different dhcp servers. In that case, who-ever gets the IP LAST wins when it comes
> to /etc/resolv.conf. The solution to this is to either use the same dhcp server (tell the wireless
> router to turn off it's dhcp server and don't use it as a router) or you need to use dhclient.conf
> and specifically tell it, not to modify /etc/resolv.conf for one of the interfaces. And as you can
> figure that means if you only connect the one interface that you're telling it to ignore, well, things
> won't really work. For that reason I try to never use multiple interfaces where dhclient is active.
>
> I hope this helps. The simple way is to not use dhcp - but that puts the ownership on you to configure
> dns, ip, masks, routing, ntp etc.
>
> Regards
> Peter Larsen
>
On the other hand he might be able to modify (or create)
/etc/dhcpd/dhclient.conf to include "do-forward-updates false" flag. it looks
like that might accomplish what he's looking for.
{^_^}
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