Network Manager doesn't play nice

[Tait Clarridge]

> Maybe I'm not being clear enough. IMHO, if a file--especially something 
> as basic as resolv.conf--exists, it should never be overwritten by some 
> app without backing it up first. Think of all those .rpmnew files, for 
> instance. It seems to me a bit ridiculous that NM would just blow away 
> the file like that. ESPECIALLY as it replaces the contents with nothing 
> but comments.
> 
> I think this is a huge oversight. It's an all-or-nothing approach that 
> leaves a box blind to DNS if the user decides (as in my case) that NM is 
> not actually required/desired.
> 
> Thanks for the tip about PEERDNS, though.
> 

I agree about a resolv.conf backup... unless one is already done
somewhere?

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