Saturday, June 17, 2017

CentOS 6 5 Permanently Set DNS

CentOS 6 5 Permanently Set DNS


Specify the IP of the nameserver in your resolv.conf file. I have used Googles 8.8.8.8 address as an example.

echo nameserver $DNS_IP_ADDRESS | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf

Prevent your DNS settings from being replaced by your DHCP server/router DNS setting upon reboot.

echo "`cat /etc/sysconfig/network`
PEERDNS=no" | sudo tee /etc/sysconfig/network