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I have Gentoo Linux amd64 installed on one of my computers. I have a static IP configured at /etc/conf.d/net:

auto_eth0="true"
config_eth0="192.168.1.2/24"
routes_eth0="default via 192.168.1.1"
enable_ipv6_eth0="false"

I manually edited /etc/resolv.conf and added google dns servers. the problem is that whenever I restart my server /etc/resolv.conf gets wiped out. I tired setting 'chmod a-w /etc/resolv.conf' and it didn't work but i actually don't really like that method anyhow.

how can I let gentoo know that I don't want /etc/resolv.conf to be modified ?

thanks!

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The right way to do this these days is, I believe, to add the DNS information to your /etc/conf.d/net file, so that the rc scripts manage your /etc/resolv.conf file correctly.

Add:

dns_servers="8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4"

to that file and you should be good to go. If you need other resolver settings, look at the net.example file in /usr/share/doc/openrc-*/. Some of the available settings:

dns_domain
dns_search
dns_options
dns_sortlist
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Try:

chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

If you will ever need to change resolv.conf just remove immutable flag by:

chattr -i /etc/resolv.conf
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  • While this might prevent whatever process overwriting this file it does not really address the root of the issue. @Mat's answer seems to be the better approach.
    – Bram
    May 20, 2012 at 9:28
  • That's true, @Mat's approach is better.
    – mzmultics
    May 20, 2012 at 9:38
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Gentoo requires that DNS configuration be added to /etc/conf.d/net in order to be retained after a reboot. Your net file would look something like this:

config_eth0="192.168.1.2/24"
routes_eth0="default via 192.168.1.1"
dns_servers_eth0="8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4"

Similarly, if you wish to specify an interface-independant DNS server (ie. this setting will apply for all interfaces) you can simply use the dns_servers directive, without appending the interface:

config_eth0="192.168.1.2/24"
routes_eth0="default via 192.168.1.1"

dns_servers="8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4"
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You can add:

dhcp_eth0="nodns"

to your /etc/conf.d/net to prevent overwriting /etc/resolv.conf

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In Debian Linux your DNS servers change after a reboot.

  1. Edit the /etc/resolv.conf file

    nameserver ...........
    nameserver ..........
    search  domainname
    

    save and exit.

  2. /etc/init.d/networking restart

  3. chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

  4. Reboot system

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  • it's working..............
    – Nitin
    Jun 26, 2012 at 12:43

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