Description of problem: When I configure NetworkManager to NOT update resolv.conf and then reset it's configuration to initial and restart it, it removes all configured nameservers in resolv.conf. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-1.0.10-2.fc23.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. create a file named 20-unmanaged-resolv.conf in /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/ folder with the following contents: [main] dns=none 2. restart NetworkManager 3. make sure /etc/resolv.conf contains at least one nameserver directive 4. remove /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/20-unmanaged-resolv.conf file 5. restart NetworkManager 6. Inspect /etc/resolv.conf Actual results: all lines starting with 'nameserver' get deleted Expected results: File should remain unchanged Additional info: Tried it on f22 with NetworkManager-1.0.2-1.fc22.x86_64 - works as expected.
(In reply to Oleg Fayans from comment #0) > Description of problem: > > When I configure NetworkManager to NOT update resolv.conf and then reset > it's configuration to initial and restart it, it removes all configured > nameservers in resolv.conf. At first sight this looks correct; when NM restarts the dns=none is not present and therefore NM actively manages resolv.conf. Probably there aren't any active connections and therefore the file gets cleared. Can you please describe why do you think that NM should not touch resolv.conf after the restart? And also, can't you simply leave dns=none if you care about resolv.conf not being overwritten?
> At first sight this looks correct; when NM restarts the dns=none is not present > and therefore NM actively manages resolv.conf. Probably there aren't any active > connections and therefore the file gets cleared. The thing occurs in virtual machines running in rhevm lab. It is highly unlikely that at any given period of time they have no network connection. I do not think, NM should not touch resolv.conf after restart, I am just sure it should put SOME nameservers there. This whole workflow disabling NM interaction with the resolver was a part of an automated test. Naturally, all changes to the target system are reverted at the test teardown. It's the next test, failing due to empty resolv.conf, that actually made us consider NM's behavior inappropriate.
(In reply to Oleg Fayans from comment #2) > I do not think, NM should not touch resolv.conf after restart, I am just > sure it should put SOME nameservers there. You are right, NM should put some servers in resolv.conf, as long as there are active connections providing those name servers. Can you please show the output of 'nmcli c; nmcli d' before and after the restart (when resolv.conf is empty)? Thanks!
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