See if the resolvconf package is installed and running. On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 at 15:52 -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 12:16:54PM -0700, Joseph Hall wrote: > > IF you were running Red Hat (and I realize that you're not) then you > > could edit the config file for that interface (i.e. > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0) and add a line that says > > "PEERDNS=no". That would tell the dhcp client not to overwrite the > > /etc/resolv.conf file. > > > > But you're not running Red Hat. You're running Ubuntu, and it uses a > > single /etc/network/interfaces file for all of the interfaces. But I'm > > 90% certain there's a similar option in Ubuntu. Perhaps the Ubuntu > > Utah folk would know? > > I may have a solution. > > I conjecture that as long as the dhclient runs, it doesn't update its > configuration files, so it never picks up the changes to dhclient.conf > (wherein I specify my internal name servers as "prepend > domain-name-servers" entries). > > I did an ifdown followed by an ifup. This immediately rewrote > /etc/resolve.conf with the correct data. (There's probably some signal > one can send it, but this was simpler.) The lease from the ISP is 24 > hours. We'll see if it changes back when the lease is renewed. > > -- > > Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards > and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email > http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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