[Bug 1000728] Re: /etc/resolv.conf is autogenerated but the comments in the file don't say where from

[Thomas Hood]

To address your problem more directly: If you are using ifup to
configure an interface then, yes, to add information to resolv.conf you
should include dns-* options in /etc/network/interfaces within the
"iface" definition for the interface in question.  The syntax is:

    dns-nameservers <address1> <address2>

and NOT as you described it (with multiple "dns-nameservers" lines).

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Title:
  /etc/resolv.conf is autogenerated but the comments in the file don't
  say where from

Status in “resolvconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  The default /etc/resolv.conf contains the following heading:

  # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
  #     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN

  Which is great, but it doesn't tell users where they *should* be
  making their changes.

  That location I assume should be:
  /etc/network/interfaces

  With the format:
  dns-nameservers x.x.x.x
  dns-nameservers x.x.x.x

  But we should imho point to that file and have a commented out
  example.

  Currently running 12.04 resolvconf version 1.63ubuntu11

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