NetworkManager and extra options in /etc/resolv.conf

[Bill Davidsen]

Tarjei Knapstad wrote:
> 2009/6/18 L <yuanlux at gmail.com>:
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Tarjei
>> Knapstad<tarjei.knapstad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Due to local network setup I need to add a line to /etc/resolv.conf
>>> ("options single-request"), otherwise I lose two out of three DNS
>>> lookups. Is there any way to make NM add this line when writing
>>> /etc/resolv.conf? (other than hacking the code and explicitly adding
>>> it for every network I connect to through DHCP)
>>>
>> if you mean name servers, you can add a line to
>>
>> /etc/dhclient-eth1.conf  or /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf
>>
>>
>> prepend domain-name-servers XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX,yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy;
>>
> 
> No, I need an options line. My resolv.conf looks like this after
> manually adding the last line every time NM rewrites the file:
> 
I don't think "L" understood the question, but his answer may have merit anyway. 
Instead of prepending name servers, add the line you want. I don't think order 
is important with options.

> # Generated by NetworkManager
> domain aaaa.bbbbb
> search aaaa.bbbbb
> nameserver 192.168.0.0
> nameserver 192.168.0.1
> options single-request
> 
> So I would like NM to automatically add the "options single-request"
> line when writing resolv.conf instead of needing some extra script to
> do the job.
> 
> Regards,
> --
> Tarjei
> 


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