On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 10:01 AM <capercally.bleery670@???> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 08:54:17AM -0400, tempforever wrote:
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> > I believe there are a variety of programs that may modify this file.
> [/etc/resolv.conf]
>
> An understatement :)
>
> Which is why systemd extended its claws and tried to "help". Now you
> have to check not only the contents, but also if it is a symlink to a
> systemd managed file under /run (and there are multiple possibilities
> for that).

Would you care to elucidate a bit more?
>
> TBH, this is one area in which the pre systemd status sucks. It would
> have been better had we agreed on a small DNS caching resolver like
> dnsmasq to run on *every* system and defaulted the libc to always
> consult 127.0.0.1#53.
>
>
Hmmmmmmmm - - - - is this something that could be brought up to senior
management - - - yes?

Very interesting!

TIA