On 28 Oct 2016 12:21 pm, "Glenn English" <ghe2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does anyone know how to get rid of resolvconf? > > I'm putting a server together, and resovlconf keeps wiping my /etc/resolv.conf file and replacing the nameserver IP with "# Created by resolvconf" (approx). No nameserver, no anything. > > I removed it with Aptitude, and the file started talking about being built with dhcpd. Nameserver still wiped, and Aptitude says there's no package called dhcpd. > Thats the dhcp client, check https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration#Defining_the_.28DNS.29_Nameservers
It can also rewrite the /etc/resolv.conf file when in use. Look for dhclient3 process, its usually started by NetworkManager. > These things seem to be triggered by an ifupdown, to either state. I removed some cruft that triggered it; now ifupdown doesn't any more, but a reboot does. As best I can tell, there's nothing in man or on the 'Net about removing it or just making it stop killing my nameserver file. > > This is a server. It will have a very stable nameserver IP. I'd like to be able to create a file containing the IP and not have 'helpful' software scribble on the file. > > Any and all suggestions will be appreciated... > > -- > Glenn English >
