How to prevent my /etc/resolv.conf from repeatedly getting overwritten?
I'm running a Debian 11 Linode with neither the "resolvconf" nor the "openresolv" utilities being installed.
Periodically, my /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten with the following …
domain ip.linodeusercontent.com
search ip.linodeusercontent.com
nameserver 173.230.129.5
nameserver 173.230.136.5
nameserver 173.230.140.5
I repeatedly replace that data with my own values, but later, it always gets overwritten again with the same values listed above.
How can I prevent these linode nameserver references from overwriting my own?
Thank you very much in advance.
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tlambert
Linode Staff
✓ Best Answer
I suggest making sure Network Helper is disabled and rebooting your instance. Network Helper maintains the /etc/resolv.conf file on Debian based systems so this sounds like it could be the cause of your issue. By rebooting your system, you'll ensure the setting has been saved.
If you've done this already and the file is still being overwritten, you should out to the Support Team in a ticket to let them know, since that's not expected behavior.
UPDATE: It seems like my linode is periodically getting DHCP updates, and now I think that this is what's causing my /etc/resolv.conf to keep getting overwritten.
How can I disable those periodic DHCP updates?
FURTHER UPDATE: And it seems as if these DHCP updates are being managed through the linode's "cloud" capabilities. I don't want my own configurations to be overwritten by anything from anywhere in any cloud, so perhaps I need to get those "cloud" features turned off somehow … ???