Network Manager Summary

Harald Hoyer harald at redhat.com
Fri Apr 4 11:55:51 UTC 2008


Andrew Farris wrote:
> Mike Chambers wrote:
>> On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 18:57 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote:
>>
>>> BUT,  the problem seems to be, that after I set it so network didn't
>>> start, and network manager did, that my /etc/resolv.conf file got
>>> emptied and didn't have dns. I had to add it manually.  Going to reboot
>>> after sending this email to see if it stays this time. Or does it get
>>> removed each time anyway and this is a bug?
>>
>> The /etc/resolv.conf file does indeed get emptied (file exists, just no
>> info) upon shutdown/boot up.  Although the one
>> in /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/resolv.conf file is filled
>> out but I am guessing not ready by NM.  Soooo, I thought I read about
>> the ifcfg-ethx file having dns info inside it?  IF so, what paramaters
>> are used to list it there?  DNS seems to be about the only thing so far
>> from NM being completely usable and no configuring at all.
>>
>> Other thatn that, all is well and services seem to start.  ALTHOUGH, I
>> have experienced that on shutdown, while shutting down quotas, it stays
>> there and never goes away?  Cold boot after to get it going.
> 
> Edit /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-ethx and add DNS1, DNS2, 
> DNS3, and set PEERDNS=no and networkmanager should pick up and reset 
> your resolv.conf based on those cfgs and which is configured (i.e. diff 
> interfaces could have diff nameservers).  Also see the thread:
> Re: f9 resetting dns nameservers
> 

NM does not seem to honor PEERDNS=no




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