Hi
Does here anyone know exactly when NetworkManager creates or is supposed to create /etc/resolv.conf for a network connection? Is there a way I can control it, or alternatively, is there a good way to debug the functionality?
I thought that there would simply be an update whenever a connection was established, and an addresses/network info was received (if using DHCP), and that the information would pretty much be left alone after that. However, I've lately found that a new file gets written every few hours even though there is no connection change (that I can detect), i.e. the same link is up all along. Does anyone have any ideas why that might happen? I thought at first that the updates could be linked to DHCP lease renewal, but on closer inspection, that does not seem to be the case. I don't see anything in the system log related to networking at the points where a new file gets written.
I get the above behaviour for my home Wifi net. It seemed to start after I switched to a new router, but that might be coincidental. It's a problem for me because I'm also using "commercial" VPN software (not integrated with NetworkManager) that will create it's own resolv.conf file; it replaces data e.g. from Network Manager when VPN is enabled, and restores it on disable. If NetworkManager "refreshes" the information in the mean time, the DNS config for VPN is lost, and the link doesn't work as expected...
This is on a CentOS 7 system with all the latest updates.
- Toralf