At Thu, 8 Oct 2009 07:41:33 -1000 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > My machine has a static IP, with dhcp and IPv6 disabled. Every time I > reboot, some process rewrites /etc/resolv.conf, including a comment > about dhcpclient. The only package I have installed that shows up in > "rpm -qa|grep -i dhcp" is dhcpv6-client-1.0.10-16.el5, and nothing in > there is named dhcpclient. > > I'd like to figure out what software is rewriting this file and why. > man 5 resolv.conf and man resolver are unhelpful in this case. rpm > reports /etc/resolv.conf is not owned by any package. > > At this point, I am as (or more) interested in pointers regarding how > to find the answer as I am in the actual answer. Please teach me to > fish. Is NetworkManager running? If so, stop it: sudo /sbin/service NetworkManager stop and disable it: sudo /sbin/chkconfig NetworkManager off > > mahalo, > Dave > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/