Re: [gentoo-user] OT: dhcpcd overwrites /etc/resolv.conf after CiscoVPN is started

[Dan Johansson]

On Thursday 17 May 2007 16:37, Dan Farrell wrote:
> On Thu, 17 May 2007 16:08:00 +0200
>
> Dan Johansson <Dan.Johansson@×××.nu> wrote:
> > I'm having some trouble with dhcpcd and CiscoVPN. This is what I do
> > and what's happening.
> >
> > Computer starts and brings up eth1 (Wireless interface)
> > dhcpcd starts and gets IP, GW, resolv.conf information (wich is
> > correct at this time)
> > cisco-vpnclient-starts and I get a new interface cipsec0 with "VPN"-IP
> > the vpn-client also changes the default-gw and resolv.conf
> > I can now do dnslookups for the hosts in the company network
> > (resolv.conf is the on from the company).
> > After a few minutes resolv.conf gets overwritten with the dhcpcd
> > version, and I can no longer do any lookups for hosts in the company
> > network, I can still connect to the hosts using IP.
> > Any suggestions on how to make dhcpcd not to override the resolv.conf
> > from the cisco-vpn-client?
>
> Dhcpcd has an option for that, i believe it's -R.  for example, on this
> diskless router the dhcpcd on eth1 can't rewrite resolv.conf or the
>
> netboot will fail:
> >>>FROM conf.d/net:
> |
> |  config_eth1=("dhcp")
> |  dhcpcd_eth1=("-R")
>
> However, you may need to find some way to get that information filled
> out with your corporate intranet info before you use the vpn.
Thanks for the suggestion, I allready know about -R but I need dhcpcd to set 
resolv.conf before the vpnclient starts to get the correct information for 
the network I'm on (not always using VPN).

-- 
Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu>
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