On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:25:34 -0500 Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 February 2021 08:44:06 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net) wrote: ... > > So, the next question is, "How can I put the line search neener.com > > into my /etc/resolv.conf file?" In a sane, sensible universe, it > > would be easy -- you would just edit the file with a text editor, and > > that would be the end of it. > > > > But we do not live in that universe. > > > It hasn't existed since Pottering came on the scene... Not everything is systemd's fault - this craziness predates systemd, as explained in https://wiki.debian.org/resolv.conf, mentioned by Greg below. > So its not a mystery link to something resolveconf might conjure up, and > if it gets changed, NM is famous for that, so it gets restored and a +i > applied. > > > The /etc/resolv.conf file is continually, automatically rewritten by a > > plethora of programs that all think they know what you want. They're > > all wrong, of course, but you can't make the developers understand > > that. Your changes to the /etc/resolv.conf file will be overwritten, > > probably within an hour. > > > > At this point, please read <https://wiki.debian.org/resolv.conf> to > > see what your options are, for making permanent changes to > > resolv.conf. It's really stupidly complicated, and there's no point > > in my repeating it all here. Celejar
