On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Paul Zimmerman <aiwa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've got an install of Debian 5 (Lenny) on which I am trying to use > dns-caching when connecting to an ISP with ppp. I can install either dnsmasq > or the dnscache-run package with no problems. As long as the first nameserver > entry in resolv.conf is 127.0.0.1 either one works fine. The problem is > getting that first entry to be what it needs to be without manual editing. > The program dhclient will not recognize its config files. First I tried the > 'prepend' command: prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1; in dhclient.conf > and that had no effect. Then I tried the supersede command: supersede > domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1; and that had no effect either. dhclient just > kept rewriting the resolv.conf with nothing but the auto-provided name > servers. Several different re-arrangements of the commands have been tried, > including putting everything in brackets as if it were a programming > function. All with no effect on dhclient behavior. > I have copied dhclient.conf from /etc/dhcp3 to /etc in hopes it would see the > file. No change. Then named it to dhclient-ppp0.conf in the hope that using > the interface name as suggested on a page I found would fix it. And tried > copying that to /etc also. Still no change. Then I started tinkering with the > dhclient-script in /sbin and even editing this script has no effect. Moving > the script out of the directory had no effect. In other words, these config > files are irelevant to the actual functioning of dhclient. > So, I'd really like to know: Where are the real config files for dhclient? Or > where is the real program that does dynamic ip addresses when you make a > connection if that has been obsoleted? I use "prepend" without a hitch. Are you sure that you do not have another package that is overriding dhclient? You could check by changing the "request" line in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf not to request "domain-name-servers", deleting /etc/resolv.conf, and running "ifdown; ifup" or restarting NM (if you use NM) or ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
