Here is an experimental patch for /sbin/dhclient-script, this will add the /etc/resolv.conf.tail concatenation to dhclient.
Would somebody else try this out? back up your /sbin/dhclient-script before running this, or course. On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:05 AM, timetrap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, this is my first message to arch-general. > > I have been helping a user on the forums who needs multiple search domains > in his /etc/resolv.conf file. > > His original question was this: > > "Our DHCP isolates clients to a separate subnet than the servers. As such, > unless you fully qualify the server name, you can't find the server. A work > around is to put the IP in the hosts file, but there are just too many > servers to do that with. Another option is to add the search domain(s) in > the to the end of the search line in resolv.conf, however that file is > re-written by dhcpcd, so changes are quickly lost. > > Is there a way to add on search domains to what DHCP hands your system?" > > > I have done some research and found that the BSDs have a particularly nice > solution to this; /etc/resolv.conf.tail > > Basically, it does this: > > #!/bin/bash > > if [ -f /etc/resolv.conf.tail ]; then > cat /etc/resolv.conf.tail >> /etc/resolv.conf > fi > > > I am still new to arch, and I don't know who exactly deals with this > portion of the distro. Is this something that can be made standard? It seems > like a very simple fix. Very useful too. > > Here is the forum posting: > http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=388345#p388345 > > > --timetrap
arch-dhclient-script.patch
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