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Updating DNS with Smoothwall

Smoothwall doesn't allow you to change the DNS if your ISP is providing you with a DHCP address. This must be done from the command line with the following instructions:

 

1. Create a file in /etc/rc.d/ named resolv.conf.dnsmasq and put the OpenDNS Ips in.

 

2. At the bottom of /etc/rc.d/rc.updatered. Add the folowing code:

cp /etc/rc.d/resolv.conf.dnsmasq /etc

(This takes the file /etc/rc.d/resolv.conf.dnsmasq and overwrites the one in /etc that was just updated by the rc.updatered script. )

 

3. Reboot smoothwall

 

 

Updated: October 17, 2007