Re: Edits to `etc/resolv.conf` being overwritten

[phil@beadling.co.uk]

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. 

When I run `sudo herd status` it outputs:

```
Started:
 + console-font-tty1
 + console-font-tty2
 + console-font-tty3
 + console-font-tty4
 + console-font-tty5
 + console-font-tty6
 + dbus-system
 + elogind
 + file-system-/dev/pts
 + file-system-/dev/shm
 + file-system-/gnu/store
 + file-system-/run/systemd
 + file-system-/run/user
 + file-system-/sys/firmware/efi/efivars
 + file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup
 + file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/blkio
 + file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu
 + file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct
 + file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset
 + file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/devices
 + file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/elogind
 + file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/freezer
 + file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/memory
 + file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event
 + file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/pids
 + file-system-/sys/kernel/debug
 + file-systems
 + guix-daemon
 + loopback
 + mcron
 + nscd
 + root
 + root-file-system
 + swap-/swapfile
 + syslogd
 + term-tty1
 + term-tty2
 + term-tty3
 + term-tty4
 + term-tty5
 + term-tty6
 + udev
 + urandom-seed
 + user-file-systems
 + user-processes
 + virtual-terminal
Stopped:
 - term-auto
One-shot:
 * host-name
 * sysctl
 * user-homes
```