/etc/resolv.conf WILL NOT SAVE?

[Eliza86]

If anyone has any information on this, I would greatly appreciate it.

I'm located in Australia and I'm trying to use unblock-us to view Netflix. When I put the DNS settings in via sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf it will not save.

Initially it looks like its saved, but after the first reboot its back to the original settings.
PLEASE HELP! I've been wracking my brain over this for day.

Is there some other way I should be saving the DNS settings?
Is there some update I need to fix this issue?

Any help would be so greatly appreciated

[drgeoff]

I guess you are using DHCP on the RPi to get its IP address from the router. If so, you don't realise that it also gets its DNS server from there too.

Change your RPi to use manually assigned settings.

[ne3e]

You need to have root privileges to change system files.
Use sudo {command} to change the file!



Good Luck

John
NE3E

[PeterO]

You need to have root privileges to change system files.
Use sudo {command} to change the file!
Good Luck
John
NE3E

This is NOT a permissions issue and you clearly havn't actually read the initial question propperly....
PeterO

[DougieLawson]

Install the resolvconf package then you can add the DNS definitions to /etc/network/interfaces.

When an interface comes up the /etc/network/if-up.d script for resolvconf runs and updates /etc/resolv.conf with the stuff you've defined in the interfaces file.

[Eliza86]

I guess you are using DHCP on the RPi to get its IP address from the router. If so, you don't realise that it also gets its DNS server from there too.

Change your RPi to use manually assigned settings.

thank you for taking the time to respond to my post. How do I change the RPi to use manually assigned settings? my apologies for the noob question...but I am just that.. I noob lol.

[Eliza86]

Install the resolvconf package then you can add the DNS definitions to /etc/network/interfaces.

When an interface comes up the /etc/network/if-up.d script for resolvconf runs and updates /etc/resolv.conf with the stuff you've defined in the interfaces file.

Thanks for the help. Installed resolfconf and when i add the DNS settings to /etc/network/interfaces, it saves them but still wont pick up the dns settings. Also when checking /etc/resolv.conf just to see if there was anything in there of use, it says not to manually adjust anything in there in capitals lol. My apologies, Im a noob. please be patient with me.

Once the resolvconfi pack was installed, nothing seemed to change only the capital letters telling me not to manually adjust /etc/resolv.conf

Is there something else I may need? Sorry to be a noobie pain, though i'm doing pretty well considering lol

[Eliza86]

You need to have root privileges to change system files.
Use sudo {command} to change the file!



Good Luck

John
NE3E

Thanks John, but yes I have been using sudo nano to edit the file. Thanks for the response anyway

[drgeoff]

I guess you are using DHCP on the RPi to get its IP address from the router. If so, you don't realise that it also gets its DNS server from there too.

Change your RPi to use manually assigned settings.

thank you for taking the time to respond to my post. How do I change the RPi to use manually assigned settings? my apologies for the noob question...but I am just that.. I noob lol.

An internet search using the terms 'raspberry pi static ip address' will yield many sources of instructions. However they do not all include the extra step of setting the DNS server address(es). Suggest you try http://www.suntimebox.com/raspberry-pi- ... k-3/day-5/