On Tuesday 13 November 2012 05:59:03 Zind wrote: > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:43:54AM +0000, Tony Molloy wrote: > > On Saturday 10 November 2012 16:05:49 lee wrote: > > > > A kludge to fix this is to make resolv.conf immutable. Then > > NetworkManager or nothing else can interfere with it. > > > > Set up /etc/resolv.conf as you want it. > > > > Then as root: > > chattr -i /etc/resolv.conf > > > > Now nothing can change /etc/resolv.conf > > > > If you need to edit it later then as root: > > chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf > > > > A kludge but it works ;-) > > Well, are you sure? > $man chattr > A file with the `i' attribute cannot be modified: it cannot be > deleted or renamed, no link can be created to this file and no > data can be written to the file. Only the superuser or a process > possessing the CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE capability can set or clear > this attribute. > > So, > chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf, set /etc/resolv.conf immutable > chattr -i /etc/resolv.conf, set /etc/resolv.conf mutable > You're right, typing before thinking ;-) chattr +i makes file immutable chattr -i removes this property. Tony -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org