Re: how to properly add a dns server

2013-04-22 Thread Bruce Ferrell
On 04/22/2013 12:04 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: ChadDavis wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: It doesn't work that way. Nameservers listed in /etc/resolv.conf are tried in order. The first one that can be contacted is the one used. If a contacted nameserver does not know about a name then it is a negative res

Re: how to properly add a dns server

2013-04-22 Thread Bob Proulx
ChadDavis wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > It doesn't work that way. Nameservers listed in /etc/resolv.conf are > > tried in order. The first one that can be contacted is the one used. > > If a contacted nameserver does not know about a name then it is a > > negative response. No other nameservers

Re: how to properly add a dns server

2013-04-22 Thread ChadDavis
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: > ChadDavis wrote: > > > Why are you overriding the nameserver? If you control the dhcp server > > > then the better option is to have it provide the desired information > > > there instead of having clients override it. > > > > I don't want to

RE: how to properly add a dns server

2013-03-12 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi Chad, >> Why are you overriding the nameserver?  If you control the dhcp server >> then the better option is to have it provide the desired information >> there instead of having clients override it. > > > I don't want to override it.  I want to add additional nameservers that "know" > about a

Re: how to properly add a dns server

2013-03-12 Thread Bob Proulx
ChadDavis wrote: > > Why are you overriding the nameserver? If you control the dhcp server > > then the better option is to have it provide the desired information > > there instead of having clients override it. > > I don't want to override it. I want to add additional nameservers that > "know"

Re: how to properly add a dns server

2013-03-11 Thread Erwan David
Le 11/03/2013 23:22, ChadDavis a écrit : What if I just want to add a couple on the tail of whatever dhclient discovers? I can read the docs myself . . . but if you know off hand that's its kind of whacky or something, that would be good to know. 2. Install resolvconf and use it to over

Re: how to properly add a dns server

2013-03-11 Thread ChadDavis
Thanks Bob. This is quite helpful. I have comments and further questions inline below. > Why are you overriding the nameserver? If you control the dhcp server > then the better option is to have it provide the desired information > there instead of having clients override it. > > I don't wa

Re: how to properly add a dns server

2013-03-11 Thread Bob Proulx
ChadDavis wrote: > I'm trying to add a dns server. I manually add the server to resolv.conf > and then it get's blown away. Actually, I'm not even sure it works before > it get's blown away. The dhclient program is overwriting that file with DHCP information. That is its job. It will set up the