DNS resolution problem

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Mar 21 17:39:52 UTC 2007


Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:

>> Sure, if dhcp client is the only thing wanting to mess with your
>> resolv.conf.  But for example I have one of these that I didn't create,
>> and doesn't seem to be to do with dhcp:
>>
>> /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/resolv.conf
>>
>> immutable is going to ensure you manage resolv.conf manually no matter
>> what (from a growing list, apparently) decides it knows better.  If
>> that's not what is desired don't use this selfproclaimed dirty hack.
>>
>> -Andy
>>
> I bet that if you set immutable on /etc/resolv.conf it is also going
> to be set on /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/resolv.conf.
> At least on my systems, they are the same linked file.
> 
>>From ls -i:
> 7856654 /etc/resolv.conf
> 7856654 /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/resolv.conf

I usually just remove anything under the 
/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles directory so I don't have any 
surprises.  Is it's use documented somewhere?

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com




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