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@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ by modifying MODIFY_RESOLV_CONF_DYNAMICALLY="no" in <TT>/etc/sysconfig/network/c <h3>Automatic DNS server configuration with DHCP.</h3> -You need to get your DHCP client to write the addresse(s) of the DNS +You need to get your DHCP client to write the address(es) of the DNS servers to a file other than <TT>/etc/resolv.conf</TT>. For dhcpcd, the <TT>dhcpcd.exe</TT> script gets run with the addresses of the nameserver(s) in the shell variable <TT>$DNS</TT>. The following bit of shell script @@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ uses that to write a file suitable for dnsmasq. <PRE> echo -n >|/etc/dhcpc/resolv.conf -dnsservs=${DNS//,/ } -for serv in $dnsservs; do +dnsservers=${DNS//,/ } +for serv in $dnsservers; do echo "nameserver $serv" >>/etc/dhcpc/resolv.conf done @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ address of its ethernet card. For the former to work, a machine needs to know it requests a DHCP lease. For dhcpcd, the -h option specifies this. The names may be anything as far as DHCP is concerned, but dnsmasq adds some limitations. By default the names must no have a domain part, ie -they must just be a alphanumeric name, without any dots. This is a +they must just be alphanumeric names, without any dots. This is a security feature to stop a machine on your network telling DHCP that its name is "www.microsoft.com" and thereby grabbing traffic which shouldn't go to it. A domain part is only allowed by dnsmasq in DHCP machine names @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ more than one nameserver just include as many <H2>Local domains.</H2> Sometimes people have local domains which they do not want forwarded -to upstream servers. This is accomodated by using server options +to upstream servers. This is accommodated by using server options without the server IP address. To make things clearer <TT>local</TT> is a synonym for <TT>server</TT>. For example the option <TT>local=/localnet/</TT> ensures that any domain name query which ends in |