Thomas Hood wrote:
iface eth0 inet static
 address 172.17.207.12
 gateway 172.17.207.1
 netmask 255.255.255.0


I'll assume that interface eth0 is configured using the "ifup" command.

Add this line to the "iface eth0" stanza in /etc/network/interfaces

   dns-nameservers 172.17.207.1 172.17.207.18

Then do, as root:

  ifdown eth0
  ifup eth0

Then your resolv.conf file should be correct.  Please read
resolvconf(8) and the README file in/usr/share/doc/resolvconf  for
background information.

Why on earth would I want to do that? /etc/resolv.conf has been a perfectly fine way of statically configuring name servers for the last few decades.

resolvconf should quite simply not modify /etc/resolv.conf if it doesn't know the right thing to put there. Then this sort of problem would never arise.

As I said, I didn't even ask to install it. I don't see why I should jump through extra nonstandard hoops just because its author can't be bothered with some simple sanity checks.

ttfn/rjk


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