On 4/9/23 06:59, Dan Ritter wrote:
I should have qualified that advice as this machine will never be moved beyond its quasi annual trip to the back porch for an air hose D&C. Not a lappy, but a huge tower.Timothy Butterworth wrote:After you edit resolv.conf make the file immutable with chattr. Chattr +i makes immutable chattr -i removes immmutable.This works, but you should also leave yourself a comment in the file to prevent later confusion. It's also unsuitable for most laptops, or other situations where you ever want an automatic process to change the resolv.conf file -dsr- .
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