On Tuesday 5 November 2024 16:27:57 GMT Grant Taylor wrote: > On 11/5/24 9:38 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > The Network Manager man page says to 'chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf', > > so I did, and that one move enabled the wireless network to work as > > it should. > > What?!?!?! Network Manager can't be made to keep it's hands off of > /etc/resolv.conf so the workaround is to leverage file system features > to break Network Manager's hands when it tries to touch the file? > > That's a hell of a bad design in my opinion.
Yes, I thought it might raise a laugh... > The tar error will be related to the restore / write to disk, not > reading from ""tape or command error. I see what you mean: in my case, tar needs an --ignore-failed-write option. > You might explore an option to cause tar to exclude /etc/resolv.conf > from the restore job. I'm not sure what that would look like as I'm > usually only messing with exclude during backups. There is an --exclude option; I can use that. > You might be able to mess with some even more esoteric (bind) mount > options, but that will be quite similar to the chattr dance. > > I'd go smack Network Manager with a bigger bat. I'll hold your coat... :) -- Regards, Peter.
