--- Changes-2.3
+++ Changes-2.3
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@
 
 * Added new option `usepeerdns', thanks to Nick Walker
   <nickwalker@email.com>.  If the peer supplies DNS addresses, these
-  will be written to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf.  The ip-up script can then
-  be used to add these addresses to /etc/resolv.conf if desired (see
-  the ip-up.local.add and ip-down.local.add files in the scripts
-  directory).
+  will be written to /var/run/ppp_resolv.conf.$INTERFACE_NAME.
+  The ip-up script can then be used to add these addresses to
+  /etc/resolv.conf if desired (see the ip-up.local.add and
+  ip-down.local.add files in the scripts directory).
 
 * The Solaris ppp driver should now work correctly on SMP systems.
 
--- pppd/ipcp.c
+++ pppd/ipcp.c
@@ -2041,10 +2041,13 @@
     u_int32_t peerdns1, peerdns2;
 {
     FILE *f;
+    char rcfilename[MAXIFNAMELEN];
 
-    f = fopen(_PATH_RESOLV, "w");
+    slprintf(rcfilename, sizeof(rcfilename), "%s.%s",
+                 _PATH_RESOLV, ifname);
+    f = fopen(rcfilename, "w");
     if (f == NULL) {
-	error("Failed to create %s: %m", _PATH_RESOLV);
+	error("Failed to create %s: %m", rcfilename);
 	return;
     }
 
@@ -2055,7 +2058,7 @@
 	fprintf(f, "nameserver %s\n", ip_ntoa(peerdns2));
 
     if (ferror(f))
-	error("Write failed to %s: %m", _PATH_RESOLV);
+	error("Write failed to %s: %m", rcfilename);
 
     fclose(f);
 }
--- pppd/pathnames.h
+++ pppd/pathnames.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #define _PATH_TTYOPT	 _ROOT_PATH "/etc/ppp/options."
 #define _PATH_CONNERRS	 _ROOT_PATH "/etc/ppp/connect-errors"
 #define _PATH_PEERFILES	 _ROOT_PATH "/etc/ppp/peers/"
-#define _PATH_RESOLV	 _ROOT_PATH "/etc/ppp/resolv.conf"
+#define _PATH_RESOLV	 _ROOT_PATH "/var/run/ppp_resolv.conf"
 
 #define _PATH_USEROPT	 ".ppprc"
 #define	_PATH_PSEUDONYM	 ".ppp_pseudonym"
--- pppd/pppd.8
+++ pppd/pppd.8
@@ -1062,8 +1062,8 @@
 by the peer (if any) are passed to the /etc/ppp/ip\-up script in the
 environment variables DNS1 and DNS2, and the environment variable
 USEPEERDNS will be set to 1.  In addition, pppd will create an
-/etc/ppp/resolv.conf file containing one or two nameserver lines with
-the address(es) supplied by the peer.
+/var/run/ppp_resolv.conf.$INTERFACE file containing one or two nameserver
+lines with the address(es) supplied by the peer.
 .TP
 .B user \fIname
 Sets the name used for authenticating the local system to the peer to