DNS server/client software keeps resetting

[Brian Ventura]

you are prolly getting info from a DHCP server that is overwriting the
resolv.conf.  When you dial the PPP, does it write out a new resolv.conf?
Are you using DHCP for the primary IP?

Ron Bramblett wrote:

> Hello,
> I have a small problem. Everyday the first thing that I must do is to
> edit my /etc/resolv.conf file and point my DNS back to my in-house
> (Balsa) DNS server.
>
> I have intalled RedHat Linux 6.2 on a Gateway 2000 Pentium 180 machine.
> I have had dns setup on this machine for quite some time. This problem
> did not start happening until I installed RedHat 6.2 on it. Every day my
>
> first job is to go into the /etc/resolv.conf file and set the
> DNS pointer back to my BALSA address. Every day about midnight I guess
> the resolv.conf file keeps going back to pointing back to my ISP DNS
> server, (instead of staying put as my in-house DNS Server). How do I get
>
> it to stay permanently??
>
> I have a 56k modem that I use to connect to the internet. It is always
> on. I use PPP to connect. I have no other routes out, except I have a
> NIC which will connect to other computers in our network.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Ron Bramblett
> Systems Administrator
> The Fuller Brush Company

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