What service do I need to restart for new resolve.conf

p.n · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 124

I need to change teh nameservers in /etc/resolve.conf. What service do I need to restart to take these changes into account?
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pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20589

Don't know if there is a better method, but I usually restart the interface. As in:

ronmon · Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 10:53 am Post subject:

You don't need to restart anything. The changes take effect immediately, but you do need to spell it right. It's resolv.conf (no 'e').
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p.n · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 124

Thanks, know 'bout the spelling - fingers tend to type in English not Linux...
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