Re: why does resolv.conf change?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2010-03-18 17:45, James Zuelow wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.johnson@cox.net] 
> > Sent: Thursday, 18 March, 2010 13:44
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: why does resolv.conf change?
> >
> > On 2010-03-18 16:14, Clive McBarton wrote:
> > > To make my original question more precise: I want the stuff 
> > I write into
> > > resolv.conf to persist, but it does not have to be in that file. I'm
> > > happy to write things elsewhere as long as *some place* 
> > makes my changes
> > > persistent.
> > You must have missed the BIG BOLD LETTERS that tell you not to write 
> > into resolv.conf by hand.
> >
> > $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> > # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by 
> > resolvconf(8)
> > #     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE 
> > OVERWRITTEN
> > nameserver xx.yy.zz.aa
> > nameserver xx.yy.zz.bb
> > search snagglefrob
>
> Well the OP can fix that.  First, edit resolv.conf to look the way you want it to.
>
> Then:
>
> root@linux# chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf
>
> If I follow the thread correctly the OP said that he uninstalled resolvconf.  After he makes /etc/resolv.conf immutable, whatever else wants to change resolv.conf and finds out that it can't will probably show up in the eventlog complaining.
>
> Then the OP can find and either configure or get rid of the offending app.

He should find and fix the root cause.

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