I found this bug (and bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/98928?redirection_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbugs.launchpad.net%2Fubuntu%2F%2Bsource%2Fnetwork-manager%2F%2Bbug%2F98928) while researching a similar problem. It turned out that dhclient was modifying resolv.conf every time my ISP connection was established. I fixed this by modifying /etc/dhcp3/dhclient as follows (removing the domain and host names from the "request" line):
=== modified file 'dhcp3/dhclient.conf' --- a/dhcp3/dhclient.conf 2008-01-14 02:03:39 +0000 +++ b/dhcp3/dhclient.conf 2008-01-14 17:36:02 +0000 @@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ #send dhcp-lease-time 3600; #supersede domain-name "fugue.com home.vix.com"; #prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1; -request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers, - domain-name, host-name, - netbios-name-servers, netbios-scope; +request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers; + #require subnet-mask, domain-name-servers; timeout 30; #retry 60; Before this change I could modify the domain name in network manager and see the changes in /etc/resolv.conf along with a comment saying that the file was modified by network manager (DO NOT EDIT!!!!). However when networking was started or restarted (i.e. /etc/init.d/networking restart or system boot) then resolv.conf would be overwritten,(including the comment line). After the change shown above resolv.conf is not modified. Hope this helps -- [network-admin] setting domain name changes localhost alias only for the first time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/72341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
