Re: why does resolv.conf change?

[Clive McBarton <clivemcbarton@web.de>]

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Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:53:20 +0100, Clive McBarton wrote:
> 
>> My /etc/resolv.conf gets overwritten periodically. Any ideas why?
> 
> Maybe because you are using a DHCP setup?

Yes.

> http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration#Definingthe.28DNS.29Nameservers

That explains how the resolvconf program and network-manager can change
/etc/resolv.conf. But I carefully deinstalled resolvconf and
network-manager.

> The C library and other resolver libraries look to /etc/resolv.conf for a 
> list of nameservers. In the simplest case, that is the file to edit to 
> set the list of name servers. *But note that various other programs for 
> dynamic configuration will be happy to overwrite your settings:*
> 
> 1. The resolvconf program
> 2. The network-manager daemon
> 3. DHCP clients 

I assume that means dhcpd. How do I stop it from changing resolv.conf?
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