** Description changed: - I administer > 100 linux systems, most of them are desktops with more than 1 nic and running ubuntu LTS. - With the advent of 12.04 our static resolv.conf got replaced by the resolvconf / network-manager thing and it causes only trouble. - After every reboot/etc/resolv.conf is a dangling link pointing to ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf which does not exist. - I have uninstalled network-manager and resolvconf and reinstalled them, run dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf and resolvconf --enable-updates, did ifdown and ifup of my primary interface and it looks fine. - But after a reboot the problem is there again: resolv.conf points to a non existing target! - Thus those machines cannot access the network anymore. - - What is the best way to get rid of this whole mess and have properly running systems again? + I administer more than 100 Linux systems, most of which are desktops + with more than 1 nic and running Ubuntu LTS. With the advent of 12.04 + our static resolv.conf got replaced by the resolvconf / network-manager + thing and it causes only trouble. After every reboot /etc/resolv.conf is + a dangling link pointing to ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf which does not + exist. + + I have uninstalled network-manager and resolvconf and reinstalled them, + run dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf and resolvconf --enable-updates, did + ifdown and ifup on my primary interface and it looks fine. + + But after a reboot the problem is there again: resolv.conf points to a + non-existing target! Thus those machines cannot access the network any + more. + + What is the best way to get rid of this whole mess and have properly + running systems again? + I don't see any reason why a desktop should dynamically configure the resolver. - Maybe the maintainer should add a check and leave desktops untouched. + Maybe the maintainer should add a check and leave desktops untouched? - As this bug affects more than 1 machine with latest ubuntu 12.04.02 LTS - I don't see this a duplicate of 366967. + As this bug affects more than one machine with latest Ubuntu 12.04.02 + LTS I don't see this as a duplicate of 366967.
** Description changed: I administer more than 100 Linux systems, most of which are desktops with more than 1 nic and running Ubuntu LTS. With the advent of 12.04 our static resolv.conf got replaced by the resolvconf / network-manager thing and it causes only trouble. After every reboot /etc/resolv.conf is a dangling link pointing to ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf which does not exist. I have uninstalled network-manager and resolvconf and reinstalled them, run dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf and resolvconf --enable-updates, did ifdown and ifup on my primary interface and it looks fine. But after a reboot the problem is there again: resolv.conf points to a non-existing target! Thus those machines cannot access the network any more. What is the best way to get rid of this whole mess and have properly running systems again? I don't see any reason why a desktop should dynamically configure the resolver. Maybe the maintainer should add a check and leave desktops untouched? As this bug affects more than one machine with latest Ubuntu 12.04.02 - LTS I don't see this as a duplicate of 366967. + LTS I don't see this as a duplicate of bug #366967. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1177746 Title: resolv.conf is a dangling link after every reboot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/1177746/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
