need to modify the setDNSServers script in the resource kit to allow two servers.

[Eyoung]

Is there a way to set multiple entries in this script? I need to hardcode 2 DNS servers. If I comma separate the 2 addresses in the values field it errors out as a bad IP.

# HARDCODED VALUES ARE SET HERE
networkInterface="Ethernet"
dnsServer="206.119.7.227, 204.180.94.186"

any thoughts?

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[jonscott]

I'm not using the script from the resource kit, but I have used:

networksetup -setdnsservers "$service" 206.119.7.227 204.180.94.186

$service is your interface, or currently active interface. Maybe you just
don't need the comma? Not sure what that script is doing with the
variable...

Jon

[Eyoung]

that was my first thought too. it does not parse the second set of quotes right.

Script Result: /private/tmp/Ethernetdnsset.sh: line 87: 204.180.94.186: command not found
Error: No DNS server has been specified.

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Eric Young
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[Eyoung]

errors as with a comma.

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[leslie]

Similar to Jon, the following works for me:

#/bin/bash

servers="206.119.7.227 204.180.94.186";networksetup -setdnsservers "Ethernet" $servers

What OS version are you testing on?

Leslie N. Helou
Senior Systems Engineer
Bell Techlogix
8888 Keystone Crossing, Suite 1700
Indianapolis, IN 46240
317.704.6408

[sean]

Don't know if this is of any use, but we supply our dns servers as part of our dhcp along with search domains, so no local configuration required.

Sean

[Eyoung]

every script can be replaced by another script.... only smaller.

works perfectly, thanks.

[Eyoung]

as do we... but there is a ghost in the machine for some of our subnets that makes letting the client pull the info unreliable at best. The network admin does not believe in ghosts... so I get to hard code them :-)

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