Re: Why does resolv.conf keep changing?
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 08:12:20AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 07:33:01PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> > So, I edited resolv.conf to my preference and then made it immutable
> > with `chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf`. Several hours later the name server
> > was changed back to the ISP router's address. That is very odd.
>
> ls -ld /etc/resolv.conf
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 03:15:30AM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> > > > So if you:
> > > > $ ls -l --full-time /etc/resolv.conf
> > > > and then look at what happened at that precise time in /var/log/syslog
> > > > or wherever your logs are being written. What took place?
>
> And what does the ls actually SHOW?
>
> > So, it happened again at 03:02:26 that resolv.conf was changed.
>
> ls -ld /etc/resolv.conf
>
> If it's a SYMLINK and you made the symlink immutable, well, that would
> explain a whole lot.
>
It is not a symlink:
debian:/etc# ls -l --full-time /etc/resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25 2017-10-24 07:07:54.513938427 -0400 /etc/resolv.conf
debian:/etc# file /etc/resolv.conf
/etc/resolv.conf: ASCII text
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
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