Bug 14525

Summary:	Does not handle resolvconf (Debian)
Product:	system-tools-backends	Reporter:	Josselin Mouette <joss>
Component:	network	Assignee:	Carlos Garnacho Parro <carlosg>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Carlos Garnacho Parro <carlosg>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux (All)
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i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Josselin Mouette 2008-02-16 11:02:47 UTC

This was initially reported at http://bugs.debian.org/462613 by Daniel Dickinson.

On Debian systems, the resolvconf package is now installed by default. This means /etc/resolv.conf is now a symbolic link to a dynamically generated file. Modifications to this file will now be lost upon e.g. rebooting.

I think the appropriate fix is to configure the name servers in /etc/network/interfaces, by adding dns-nameservers lines:

iface eth0 inet static
     address 192.168.1.42
     netmask 255.255.255.0
     gateway 192.168.1.254
     dns-nameservers 192.168.0.18 192.168.0.19

This way, the resolv.conf file will be updated automatically when the interface is brought up.

Comment 1 Adam Jackson 2018-06-29 19:59:37 UTC

Project has been inactive for seven years, none of this is getting fixed. Closing remaining bugs and disabling the bz product.

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