On 2025-03-27, Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 09:11:23AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 13:06:54 +0000, Andy Smith wrote: >> > Without "resolvconf" the /etc/resolv.conf file is just a static file so >> > there's limited things that would be editing it. The guesses of "you" >> > or "the installer" would be the most likely for me as nothing else >> > should be touching it. >> >> The most common program that writes to resolv.conf is a DHCP client >> daemon (any of them). > > I think all DHCP clients in Debian have a "Recomends" relationship on > resolvconf to do this modification for them. I suppose you could
I wonder humorously if this discussion might devolve into yet another gargantuan thread concerning resolv.conf and whether it's kosher to set the immutable bit on that file in order to prevent whatever the heck is writing to it from writing to it. Of course, as usual, it's all beyond my narrow scope!
