Hello, after reading some of the EFF's http://prism-break.org recommendations for enhancing privacy, I want to change the DNS settings on fedora 20. Here I was thinking OpenDNS was benign. How do I find out what my DNS settings are and how do I change them? Thanks.
If you are using Fedora 20 with the pre-installed GNOME environment, equals to GNOME network manager.
Search and find network connection application and open it. Then, find your connection in the list and click edit. Go to ipv4 settings select Automatic (DHCP) addresses only as method and write manually the DNS servers you want. Here we are using Google OpenDNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.8.4 , you can add mutiple addresses by separating them with a comma.
After you save the changes, restart network manager.
sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager
Now if you look at resolv.conf, you should see only the DNS addresses you added.
cat /etc/resolv.conf
If you ever need access via captive portal, such as a hotel, remember where you found this!
randomuser ( 2014-06-03 20:03:21 +0000 )editAlternatively, you can edit /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf - this will be global instead of per-connection. Here's an excerpt from man NetworkManager.conf:
dns
Set the DNS (resolv.conf) processing mode.
default: The default if the key is not specified.
NetworkManager will update resolv.conf to reflect the
nameservers provided by currently active connections.
dnsmasq: NetworkManager will run dnsmasq as a local
caching nameserver, using a "split DNS" configuration if
you are connected to a VPN, and then update resolv.conf
to point to the local nameserver.
none: NetworkManager will not modify resolv.conf.
Asked: 2014-06-03 05:11:20 +0000
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Last updated: Jun 03 '14