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From: Michal 'vorner' Vaner <vorner@×××.cz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What overwrites resolv.conf
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:38:30
Message-Id: 20080423193824.GA23139@tarantula.kolej.mff.cuni.cz
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] What overwrites resolv.conf by Michael Higgins
1 Hello
2
3 On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 09:07:29AM -0700, Michael Higgins wrote:
4 > So, what overwrites it, when, how, and how to stop it? Is there a
5 > definitive guide to the syntax of the various config files? Or, BETTER
6 > YET, is there anyone who has a smoothly-functioning configuration to
7 > switch between wireless DHCP and connected hard-wired net setups and
8 > would like to share?
9
10 I didn't like the way Gentoo handled network (wifi OK, but ethernet with
11 different locations was a pain somehow), so I wrote a little perl thing
12 I use as a network manager.
13
14 However, I think noone who did not read and understand its code is able
15 to use it to anything, since it has no documentation and completely
16 non-intuitive control.
17
18 You can find it here http://vorner.pretel.cz/en/netprofile.html, if you
19 feel brave enough. If anyone is interested, I can answer questions about
20 it off-list (not to scare others).
21
22 --
23 I left the ssh key under the doormat
24
25 Michal 'vorner' Vaner