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How to change FatDog64 dns settings?
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betamax

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PostPosted: Mon 24 Mar 2014, 21:32    Post subject:  How to change FatDog64 dns settings?
Subject description: Custom name servers		  
Good day!

I would like to use open-dns or open-nic instead of using my isp's nameservers.

I can change the nameserver in the file resolve.conf and that works during the session but after reboot, everything defaults back. I tried to follow instructions on http://www.puppylinuxfaq.org/freeware/34-files-files/110-custom-dns.html but that also defaults back.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers!
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PostPosted: Wed 26 Mar 2014, 04:02    Post subject:  
I usually set this up on my router. But alternatively, you can do this:

1) create a file /etc/resolve.conf.head which contains "nameserver 208.67.222.222"; next time you reboot (or re-run dhcpcd) it will insert the content as that file into /etc/resolv.conf in front of anything else; thus the opendns nameserver will be listed first (and will always be used unless it is inaccessible).

2) if that doesn't sound good enough to you, look at /lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-hooks/20-resolv.conf --- this is the script that sets /etc/resolv.conf. You can modify it as you see fit (e.g comment out the line 60
Code:
printf %s "$domain$search$servers" >> "$cf"

with
Code:
printf "%s\n" "nameserver 208.67.222.222" >> "$cf"

so that it will always use opendns.
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ETP


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PostPosted: Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:12    Post subject:  
hI betamax,

You may want to check out this post as opendns may or may not be the best choice for your location. (In my case they were not!)
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=81064
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betamax

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PostPosted: Sat 29 Mar 2014, 08:30    Post subject: DNS Settings  
jamesbond wrote:
I usually set this up on my router. But alternatively, you can do this:

1) create a file /etc/resolve.conf.head which contains "nameserver 208.67.222.222"; next time you reboot (or re-run dhcpcd) it will insert the content as that file into /etc/resolv.conf in front of anything else; thus the opendns nameserver will be listed first (and will always be used unless it is inaccessible).

2) if that doesn't sound good enough to you, look at /lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-hooks/20-resolv.conf --- this is the script that sets /etc/resolv.conf. You can modify it as you see fit (e.g comment out the line 60
Code:
printf %s "$domain$search$servers" >> "$cf"

with
Code:
printf "%s\n" "nameserver 208.67.222.222" >> "$cf"

so that it will always use opendns.


Solved - And very much appreciated! Option 2 worked just fine. I also changed the DNS in my router but this is a laptop so want to make sure it works when I'm away from my network.

Just want to say cheers to you James. I been running crunchbang on my desktop for over a year now and fatdog64 on my laptop for couple of weeks. #! is very stable but this is the fastest OS I have ever used, truly amazing. And you guys here have been great! Thanks again!!
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betamax

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PostPosted: Sat 29 Mar 2014, 08:39    Post subject: Nameservers  
ETP wrote:
hI betamax,

You may want to check out this post as opendns may or may not be the best choice for your location. (In my case they were not!)
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=81064


Hi ETP,

Thanks for the info! Iooks similar to Namebench. I will check it out.. Cheers!
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