[Voyage-linux] Setting Static Name Service

[Rob Jenkins]

Hi Rob,

You can always use chattr +i to set the file in stone. Using resolvconf
may be more flexible as I believe Edwin pointed out.

Rob

On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 09:26 -0700, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote:
> Hey Rob,
> 
> Yeah someone else suggested the read only option, I changed the permissions on the file to 0444 however it still seems to get changed, any ideas?
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Jenkins [mailto:rob at skywavebroadband.net] 
> Sent: 03 September 2009 17:10
> To: Robert Rawlins - Think Blue
> Cc: voyage-linux at voyage.hk
> Subject: RE: [Voyage-linux] Setting Static Name Service
> 
> Hi Rob,
> 
> Not sure about pump. A workaround may be to make /etc/resolv.conf
> read-only or use resolvconf to set the nameservers.
> 
> Sorry for so little info. I have yet to move to version 6
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 08:11 -0700, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote:
> > Hey Rob,
> > 
> > Thanks for that suggestion, I should have probably mentioned I'm running 0.6.2 which I believe isn't using that DHCP client anymore, it's now using pump I beleive?
> > 
> > Iether way, when looking on my box I can't find /etc/dhclient.conf nor can I find an /etc/pump.conf file which seems a little odd.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Rob
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rob Jenkins [mailto:rob at skywavebroadband.net] 
> > Sent: 03 September 2009 16:03
> > To: Robert Rawlins - Think Blue
> > Cc: voyage-linux at voyage.hk
> > Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] Setting Static Name Service
> > 
> > Hi Rob,
> > 
> > I just happened to be working on this today. You need to
> > change /etc/dhclient.conf and add:
> > 
> > prepend domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222,208.67.220.220;
> > #request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
> > #	domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name;
> > request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers;
> > 
> > 
> > This works for me.
> > 
> > Rob
> > 
> > On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 07:34 -0700, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote:
> > > Hello Guys,
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > I’m trying to change my DNS configuration in /etc/resolv.conf so that
> > > I am using the OpenDNS servers instead of the sluggish DNS supplied by
> > > whoever ISP we might be connected too however it seems to get
> > > overwritten on boot back to the local gateway. 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > How can I set the DNS servers statically in this file without them
> > > being overwritten?
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Rob
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
>