Combining the responses to the previous to posters... On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 08:37:30PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 05:08:08PM +0000, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > Not quite. I only want the static information in the interfaces file. > > I still want the nameserver address that is supplied by DHCP to be > > used. > > > > I do know how to hardwire a nameserver and IP address if I am not > > using DHCP, but resolvconf is not really so necessary in that > > situation. > > I don't think the static dns server in the interfaces file will override > the DHCP provided one, but I can't tell for sure. You will have to read > the resolvconf docs for this.
I hope it didn't sound like I hadn't bothered to read any documentation ;) My understanding is that one of the main functions of resolvconf is to deal with multiple sources of DNS information (such as a mixture of HDCP and static interfaces in one system) and to merge all the server addresses and domains into a single resolv.conf - rather than have the last interface that is brought up to over write the data from the earlier ones. Consequently, whilst in my case it is using a sledge hammer to crack a nut, I seems to be that it should be able to do what I want. That is, to merge the information obtained by dhcp with a static search domain. AND... On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 02:30:39PM -0500, Michael Shuler wrote: > Digby Tarvin wrote: > > My /etc/resolv.conf file looked ok, except the DHCP server in my > > router provides nameserver IP only, no search list. > > > > Any suggestions? I do like the idea of having any static nameserver > > information in the /etc/network/interfaces file with the rest of > > the network config, so resolvconf would be good if it worked as > > expected.... > > I do this all in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf - custom prepended domains for > search, as well as superseding some rather useless caching resolvers in > favor of another pair. Works regardless of whether I use the interfaces > file, resolvconf, NetworkManager, etc., which all use dhclient in the > end. Hope that helps! Thanks. That might be a workaround. Although I don't think it is ideal because: 1. I am setting up four systems, and only two are using dhcp. The others are servers on the local lan, and hence will have static ip addresses. 2. I was hoping to hoping to make these systems fairly interchangeable and potable, with all of the network configuraiton customizing localized to the /etc/network/interfaces file.. So I would really like to get to the bottom of why resolvconf is not honouring the dns server address obtained by dhcp if at all possible. Regards, DigbyT -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
