From: Bone Baboon <bone.baboon@disroot.org>
To: phil@beadling.co.uk
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Edits to `etc/resolv.conf` being overwritten
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2021 09:08:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eefsg7fk.fsf@disroot.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d98b5146-4329-4818-88f0-575c074e27d0.maildroid@localhost>
In this case I am not using Gnome or NetworkManager. There are no
comment on the first line of `resolv.conf`. I am connecting to the
internet using `wpa_supplicant` and `dhclient`.
phil@beadling.co.uk writes:
> I found when using GuixSD with Gnome that the network manager would
> periodically overwrite my DNS changes made directly to resolv.conf.
>
> If you experience this issue it should leave a comment on the first line.
>
> I was able to make it work by changing it through Gnome's Settings
> GUI, rather than editing the file myself. Even then I have to disable
> and re-enable the network interface for the new settings to take
> effect.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bone Baboon <bone.baboon@disroot.org>
> To: help-guix@gnu.org
> Sent: Fri, 02 Apr 2021 2:37
> Subject: Edits to `etc/resolv.conf` being overwritten
>
> Any suggestion on how to stop my edits of `etc/resolv.conf` from being
> overwritten?
>
> `/etc/resolv.conf` is being overwritten removing changes I save to it.
> My edits to `etc/resolv.conf` specify some name servers. Some time
> after my edits are saved the file is completely rewritten to it's
> original contents before I made my edits. The original contents include
> nameserver, domain and search for my internet service provider's DNS.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-02 13:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-02 1:36 Edits to `etc/resolv.conf` being overwritten Bone Baboon
2021-04-02 4:57 ` Jérémy Korwin-Zmijowski
2021-04-02 7:43 ` phil
2021-04-02 13:08 ` Bone Baboon [this message]
2021-04-02 16:07 ` Gary Johnson
2021-04-06 21:41 ` Bone Baboon
2021-04-07 14:34 ` Gary Johnson
2021-04-08 19:07 ` Bone Baboon
2021-04-08 19:17 ` Vincent Legoll
2021-04-10 3:40 ` Bone Baboon
2021-04-10 9:23 ` Vincent Legoll
2021-04-10 19:50 ` Bone Baboon
2021-04-09 3:22 ` Vladimir Sedach
2021-04-10 3:28 ` Bone Baboon
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