FC3 - Stop '/etc/resolv.conf' from being changed, how?

[James Knott]

Madison Kelly wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>   I have now tried everything I can think of to prevent my 
> '/etc/resolv.conf' file from being re-written when I switch networks and 
> nothing seems to work. I have my own DNS server and I have no desire to 
> use other people's DNS servers. I use a laptop so I am frequently 
> connecting to DHCP-servered LANs.
> 
>   I have tried specifying DNS in the graphical network config, manually 
> setting up my devices in '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts' and even 
> changing the permissions on the file to '444' but they where changed 
> back to '644' and re-written non the less. Can anyone tell me how to 
> stop this behavior?
> 
>   This is exactly the behavior I -left- MS for (forcing decisions on 
> me). Grr!

If you're using dhcpcd, the -R option prevents resolv.conf from being 
overwritten.
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