Re: How can I prevent NetworkManager to overwrite /etc/resolv.conf in no-dhcp wired networks?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 03:02 +0200, Stolz wrote:
> I use NetworkManager 0.6.6 to connect to wired and wireless networks
> and it works as expected when there is DHCP available. The problems
> appears when I connect to a network which requires a static
> configuration (no DHCP). Whenever I connect to a wired network wichout
> DHCP my /etc/resolv.conf is overwitten by NetworkManager with the next
> content:
> ### BEGIN INFO
> #
> # Modified_by:  NetworkManager
> # Process:      /usr/bin/NetworkManager
> # Process_id:   4393
> #
> ### END INFO

Which distro are you using?  This probably means that your distro's
backend (which reads static configuration) isn't able to pull your DNS
servers from that static config.

Dan

> As seen,  there are some comments but no nameserver entry so this
> resolv.conf is unusable.
> 
> I want to know if there is a way to prevent NetworkManager from
> overwriting my /etc/resolv.conf if there is no DHCP server available.
> I use to connect to several wired networks wich have no DHCP server so
> it's a pain having to set the DNS manually. I think the default
> behavior if no there is no DHCP response should be to keep the current
> resolv.conf. Of course I can use some kind of script to do the job but
> I would like if there is another solution in the NetworkManager's way.
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