BIND & resolv.conf

Ken Schweigert yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri Jan 10 13:18:01 2003


On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 12:39:23PM -0700, Drew Lane wrote:
> 
> >>If the only nameserver entry in your resolv.conf is 127.0.0.1, and
> >>named is not running locally, chances are it's a "dns helper."  I'm
> >>pretty sure that Netscape uses one.  I you do a 'ps aux' you can
> >>find out for sure.
> >>
> >>-ken
> >>
> 
> My resolv.conf file seems to be getting reset to its original settings 
> everytime I boot.
> (my ISP's DNS)
> 
> Any idea what's causing this?

If you have a static IP, check your ifcfg files.
	/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
and see if DNS1= or DNS2= have values assigned.  I believe resolv.conf
is rewritten with these values when the system reboots.

-ken

> 
> Drew
> 
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