On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Seth <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm trying to use the following statement in /etc/dhclient.conf
>
> supersede domain-name-servers [127.0.0.1]:40;
>
> But when the machine boots and the network starts it fails to apply the
> setting. The error message is:
>
> /etc/dhclient.conf line 4: expecting decimal octet.
> supersede domain-name-servers [127.0.0.1]:40;
> ^
> I've also tried quoting the value "[127.0.0.1]:40" and escaping it
> \[127.0.0.1\]:40 without success.
The actual DHCP domain-name-servers option doesn't support passing
ports, so saying "act like you got this DHCP option value from the
server" can't be done with those. You need a way to just say "insert
this line in the resolv.conf", which is the resolv.conf.tail method.
> Using the resolv.conf.tail method is undesirable as I only want a single
> nameserver entry in /etc/resolv.conf
Uh, so you want to _ignore_ the option from the server? Then add
ignore domain-name-servers;
to your dhclient.conf and put the desired nameserver line in your
resolv.conf.tail file.
Philip Guenther
