On Thursday 17 March 2005 10:41, rado wrote: > ugggggg....sorry for that last post...brain fart > > On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 10:23 -0600, rado wrote: > > hi y'all > > I'm having trouble finding info on the dns settings > > ...k...in the Network configuration GUI...then DNS > > I want to manage these settings in a script, NOT the gui > > really want to change the primary dns address is all > > > > thx > > John Rose > > ummmm. I think the file that controls this is /etc/resolv.conf > > I am thinking that what I could do is make up a couple resolv.conf.n > where n is the ip I want to point to. > > then in the script...just copy that to the resolv.conf. > > y'all think this is the correct way to do it tho? If it works, it's correct. How efficient, flexible, or elegant could be debated. That method looks good to me. -- Paul Almquist paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Eau Claire, WI USA