Hi, How does one enter preferred DNS addresses to be used in linux?
I found that IP address, netmask, network address can be assigned in this file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 for interface eth0.
Can DNS server list be added here too? If yes, what name is given for it?
DEVICE=eth0 IPADDR=208.164.186.4 NETMASK=255.255.255.248 NETWORK=208.164.186.1
What would the name be for DNS server?
The usual place to enter the DNS server addresses is in the file /etc/resolv.conf . This file has a man page you can consult for the details, but the simplest version just has lines like these:
nameserver 192.168.1.40
nameserver 192.168.1.2Some configuration tools will modify or overwrite this file, and DHCP clients can modify it if they get DNS-server info as part of a lease ... so there are distro-specific and site-specific elements to this question.
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