On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 22:14:45 -0400
Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 08:34:59PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:

> > Hi Hendrik,
> >
> > It isn't just conman: It's all these silly "we do it all for you"
> > networking helpers. I just do this:
> >
> > chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf
> >
> > Until Helpful Lennart decides his software should undo the +i or
> > throw a hissyfit about not being able to change it, everything's
> > cool.
>
> Does conman, the connection manager, originate from Helpful Lennart?
> I thought it was just something that came with lxqt.

No, not that I know of. What I was referring to is when systemd
integrates DNS, I'm sure Lennart will just undo any chattr +i. I say
this because he left the uefi partition read-write instead of
read-only, causing users of laptops with minor defects in their uefi to
brick their laptops by erasing or modifying the partition. People
begged Lennart to leave it read-only: He declined. More computers got
bricked.

Looking back at what I wrote, I can see how you thought I was implying
that Lennart made conman, but I was talking about future Poetterware.

>
> And doesn't the DNS IP number on a mobile device like a laptop
> normally come from the DHCP protocol?

Yes, and I think that's outdated. Today, you can do one of these two
things to guarantee you'll never need to change resolv.conf again:

1) Set resolv.conf to use two public DNS servers

2) Put a recursive resolver right on your computer. I use unbound.

#2 has the advantage that you can put an authoritative server on there
also, and then when you're at home or whatever you have DNS on your LAN
too.

SteveT

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