I think he means that his resolv.conf gets overwritten by the information provided by the dhcp server as discussed here (with solution):
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=7239 Regards, Kenneth Grande -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: Andrei Popescu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 5. oktober 2006 17:42 Til: debian-user@lists.debian.org Emne: Re: set domain name "Andrew Critchlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's the best way to set the local domain and a debian server? Use the command 'hostname'. If you want to preserve the change over reboots edit /etc/hostname > Also, eveytime I change resolv.conf it gets changed back to something else, could this be because there is a dhcp server running and the interface is configured to accept dhcp? AFAIK it gets changed if you receive your IP over DHCP. Might happen in other cases as well, but I don't think running a dhcp server is one of them. HTH Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
