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Hello, I changed ISPs and need to update name servers in resolv.conf. I have tried nano, gedit, Webmin, system-config-network and it won't allow me to make the changes. I have Network Manager turned off and when I enable it , eth0 and eth1 have no entries. I enabled it, added the connections, but still no changes. I'm stuck TIA

...e it , eth0 and eth1 > have no entries. > > I enabled it, added the connections, but still no changes. You haven't done what I've done intentionally, flag /etc/resolv.conf immutable with "chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf" have you? I do this to keep Network Manager and other busybodies from making unwanted / unneeded changes. Al -- Evidence of a dissolute computer.

...it , eth0 and eth1 > have no entries. > > I enabled it, added the connections, but still no changes. You haven't done what I've done intentionally, flag /etc/resolv.conf immutable with "chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf" have you? I do this to keep Network Manager and other busybodies from making unwanted / unneeded changes. Hi, I had trouble with this some years ago and remember someone posting how to stop it. I may have. If so, is there a way to undo it? Thanks

...no entries. >> >> I enabled it, added the connections, but still no changes. > > You haven't done what I've done intentionally, flag /etc/resolv.conf > immutable with "chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf" have you? > > I do this to keep Network Manager and other busybodies from making unwanted > / unneeded changes. I've tried to figure out how to get Network Manager to leave various configuration files alone and just gave up - resorting to cron job running as root every minute fixing them if they have been modified. I wish there was better documentation on...

...y and support a new device. Volunteer, please? -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences. -- C. S. Lewis

Hello Railists and Rubyists, I know that the topic of handling credit card numbers has been expounded before on this list (I''ve searched the archives) but I want to ask the question in a slightly different way, and get your feedback: Previous discussions on the list center around what to do with the card number *after* you have processed the credit card with a payment gateway