> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Hans-Ulrich Flueck > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 7:43 PM > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Resolv.conf being overwritten > > Hello TIA > > If you do not have a local/LAN DNS server neither a caching > DNS configuration on your machine, I can't see a reason to > add localhost to the list of your DNS servers... > > The idea behind DHCP is to distribute gateway, dns, ntp and > other servers to the clients, beside the IP addresses. > It's the way it works to have the /etc/resolv.conf > overwritten on machine reboot and DHCP refresh. > > You might setup your own local DNS server and distribute this > one as the first in the list of DNS servers by your active > DHCP server. > Or you might work with /etc/hosts in order to define a few > important/static machines inside the LAN. > > I'd suggest not activating IPV6, but configuring IPV4 correctly first. > > Ueli > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] Im Auftrag von Thomas Dukes > Gesendet: Freitag, 21. Mai 2010 01:02 > An: CentOS > Betreff: [CentOS] Resolv.conf being overwritten > > I am trying to add 127.0.0.1 to my resolv.conf. I added it > through the system-config-network but if I reboot, its gone. > I do not have the caching nameserver package installed. My > ISP's nameservers are there. It must have something to do with DHCP. > > Also, in the network config GUI, should I select the IPv6 > option for either or both network cards? > > TIA I had this all setup on an upgraded 5.5 system. An app crashed and I tried a restore from a backup and hosed the system. I can even get my old files off the backup to the new system. Its been a really long time since I had to set this stuff up. Everything had been working fine for 6+ years. Working on DNS but this stuff is getting deep for an old guy. Eddie