DNS resolution problem

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Wed Mar 21 16:37:10 UTC 2007


Andy Green 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

Mikkel
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