Re: Moving resolv.conf to /var



Hi,


on systems with ro filesystems i create symlinks to a writeable (ramdisk) /var/ or /tmp partition.

I know this problem for more config files inside /etc/ than the resolv.conf.

I think thats the safest and "cheapest" way .-)


best regards

Harald



Am Mittwoch, 3. August 2011, 10:29:53 schrieb Micha?? Górny:

> Hello,

>

> AFAIK NetworkManager is the most common tool which keeps writing

> to /etc/resolv.conf file during runtime. Such a solution makes it hard

> to support configurations where rootfs in read-only most of the time.

>

> That's why I'm considering moving the resolv.conf file to /var. I'm not

> sure about the exact location there but /var seems much better for

> non-static resolver configs.

>

> I think that the best solution would be to patch glibc so it will first

> try to load 'dynamic' resolv.conf from /var, and then fallback to

> static configs in /etc.

>

> I'd really appreciate any kind of feedback on that idea.





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