Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:20:25 -0500 From: "Dennis Jun" <dennisjun@home.com> To: "Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe" <mit@mitayai.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <chat@gtabug.org> Subject: Re: gtabug - Re: DNS caching, DHCP, /etc/resolv.conf Message-ID: <006a01c07eaa$7bffddc0$0300a8c0@wilma> References: <NEBBIEGPMLMKDBMMICFNAENGEAAA.mit@mitayai.net>
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Thanx! that worked like a charm!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe" <mit@mitayai.net>
To: "Jon Hamilton" <hamilton@pobox.com>; "Steve Price" <sprice@hiwaay.net>
Cc: "Dennis Jun" <dennisjun@home.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>;
<chat@gtabug.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 7:52 PM
Subject: RE: gtabug - Re: DNS caching, DHCP, /etc/resolv.conf
> yeah, i use the same for Roger@Home in Toronto, Canada...
>
> we need to send the "client identifier" code (hostname) they give us to
> receive an IP
>
> interface "ed0" {
> supersede domain-name "home.domain.com";
> prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;
> supersede host-name "gateway";
> send dhcp-client-identifier "crXXXXXX-a";
> }
>
> :-----Original Message-----
> :From: owner-chat@gtabug.org [mailto:owner-chat@gtabug.org]On Behalf Of
> :Jon Hamilton
> :Sent: January 14, 2001 19:29 PM
> :To: Steve Price
> :Cc: Dennis Jun; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; chat@gtabug.org
> :Subject: gtabug - Re: DNS caching, DHCP, /etc/resolv.conf
> :
> :
> :
> :In message <20010114175337.E65118@bonsai.knology.net>, Steve Price
wrote:
> :} On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 06:41:22PM -0500, Dennis Jun wrote:
> :} # Hello all!
> :} #
> :} # I recently setup a DNS caching server with named. I followed the
> :} # instructions in Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD." However I'm on
> :@home and I
> :} # my ip settings via dhcp. Thus it resets my /etc/resolv.conf
> :all the time,
> :} # that is, it removes my first line of nameserver 127.0.0.1
> :I'm wondering
> :} # how can prevert/remedy this? I guess most people would suggest a
simple
> :} # script cronned, but is there another solution?
> :}
> :} The following manpage should have all the info you need. Essentially
> :} you'll have to teach this script to add 127.0.0.1 back to resolv.conf
> :} when your box renegotiates its IP address.
> :}
> :} man 8 dhclient-script
> :
> :That's doing it the hard way.
> :
> :Put something similar to the following in /etc/dhclient.conf (adjust
the
> :interface name to whatever is appropriate for your system):
> :
> : interface "dc0" {
> : prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;
> : }
> :
> :You can prepend some stuff to the domain name search order (and lots of
> :other stuff, if you need to); see the man page for dhclient.conf for
> :details.
> :
> :--
> : Jon Hamilton
> : hamilton@pobox.com
> :
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