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Is it possible to get an IP address over DHCP but force a DNS server instead of using the ones from the DHCP?

I should be able to do so with a static IP addresses, but I would like to know how to do it getting an IP address over DHCP. I thought that changing /etc/resolv.conf would be permanent, but it dismisses the changes after a reboot.

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    Shouldn't that file contain a line »DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN« ?
    – FUZxxl
    Commented Mar 1, 2013 at 15:21
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    not in raspbian...
    – Albert Vonpupp
    Commented Mar 2, 2013 at 15:14
  • Not in stock debian either -- learned my lesson lol.
    – Allison
    Commented Oct 31, 2017 at 3:43

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The only thing that worked for me was:

Edit /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf and un-comment the line:

prepend domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222;

Anyway thanks for your for your help!

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dns-nameservers (and all others dns-xxx directives in /etc/network/interfaces) does not work in raspbian out of the box, since resolvconf is not installed by default.

sudo apt-get install resolvconf solves the issue.

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I fixed this following the steps from cuonglm's answer on Unix & Linux Stack Exchange.

Edit the file /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf and add

supersede domain-name-servers 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4;

Then restart network or run dhclient to make changes.

From man dhclient.conf:

The supersede statement

   supersede [ option declaration ];

   If for some option the client should always  use  a  locally-configured
   value  or  values rather than whatever is supplied by the server, these
   values can be defined in the supersede statement.
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  • Raspbian version?
    – Fabian
    Commented Apr 21, 2018 at 13:34
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You can define them with a line in /etc/network/interfaces.

Underneath your interface, add the following line, replacing the x's with the actual IP of the DNS server:

dns-nameservers xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

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  • Thanks for your answer. It didn't work for me, it keeps getting the DNS server from the DHCP. The one I used on the /etc/network/interfaces file was in second place.
    – Albert Vonpupp
    Commented Mar 3, 2013 at 1:53
  • This is a wheezy only answer. Does not apply to Jessie
    – Ray Foss
    Commented Dec 22, 2019 at 16:24
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It's an old threat, but for current Raspbian/Debian you have to add at the end of /etc/dhcpcd.conf:

static domain_name_servers=1.1.1.1 8.8.4.4
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    Why are you still using Jessie in 2020?
    – Dmitry Grigoryev
    Commented Mar 21, 2020 at 10:41
  • Sorry, my answer actually is for current Rapsbian (Buster) ! Please remove your downvote...
    – Clément Moulin - SimpleRezo
    Commented Mar 22, 2020 at 11:05
  • Sorry but I didn't downvote, and there is no way to tell who did.
    – Dmitry Grigoryev
    Commented Mar 24, 2020 at 10:13

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