Yeah, it's a shell script. On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Yes Todd, you can. Go to the head of the class. You get an A+. > Of course you can, but for reasons of my own, I want to bypass the DNS > settings on a couple of my machines to make them a different IP > address than what the router is giving. > Thanks Terry. I'll try that. I am assuming this executable script > would be a shell script (*.sh)? > > E > > On Nov 19, 9:48 am, "Terry Morton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think you could just create a second resolv.conf (call it > > resolv.conf.static or something like that). > > > > To create a script to change it from dynamic to static, just use vi (or > > whatever your favorite editor is) to create a file called switchdns.sh > (or > > whatever you want to call it). Remember to make the script file > executable > > after you create it. > > > > The script should look something like this: > > > > #!/usr/bin/ksh > > DYNAMIC_FILE="/etc/resolv.dynamic" > > STATIC_FILE="/etc/resolv.static" > > RESOLV_FILE="/etc/resolv.conf" > > if [ ! -f $STATIC_FILE ]; then > > if [ ! -f $DYNAMIC_FILE ]; then > > echo "Nothing to do" > > else > > mv $RESOLV_FILE $STATIC_FILE > > mv $DYNAMIC_FILE $RESOLV_FILE > > fi > > else > > mv $RESOLV_FILE $DYNAMIC_FILE > > mv $STATIC_FILE $RESOLV_FILE > > fi > > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Are any of you regulars here Linux experts? Specifically, Linux > > > scripting experts? > > > I'm looking for a script to do some network interface changes > > > automatically when launch from my Ubuntu desktop. Specifically, the > > > DNS entry from dynamic to a specific static IP. > > > Anyone here know how to do this? > > > It was recommended on another tech forum (http://www.daniweb.com) to > > > just do a rename of the /etc/resolve.conf back and forth. > > > Thoughts? I'm looking for some real tech geeks here. > > > > > E > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
