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Re: DNS on minimal new installation

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Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 21:24:17 +0100, Joe wrote:
> > In an installation not using a DHCP client, you would be expected to
> > make your own DNS and gateway arrangements along with the IP address.
> 
> OK.  I'm guessing that's not relevant here, though.
> 
> > If
> > you're not running Network Manager nor a resolver application, nothing
> > will touch /etc/resolv.conf, so the nameserver would normally go there,
> > as you have done.
> 
> That part's incorrect.  The thing that usually modifies resolv.conf in
> most setups is in fact the DHCP client daemon.  That will happen even
> if Network Manager is not in use.

Yes, OP here, that would seem to be what creates /etc/resolv.conf in
my case, a minimal install with the only addition being ssh.  It's
perfectly OK for my backup system, it won't be doing many DNS queries
and not having a DNS cache really won't matter at all.  The extra
simplicity is a bonus.

-- 
Chris Green
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DNS on minimal new installation Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2024-10-24 21:20 +0200
  Re: DNS on minimal new installation Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-10-24 21:40 +0200
    Re: DNS on minimal new installation Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2024-10-24 23:00 +0200
  Re: DNS on minimal new installation Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-10-24 22:30 +0200
    Re: DNS on minimal new installation Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-10-24 22:40 +0200
      Re: DNS on minimal new installation <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-10-25 07:20 +0200
        Re: DNS on minimal new installation Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2024-10-25 09:30 +0200
          Re: DNS on minimal new installation Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-10-25 10:40 +0200
            Re: DNS on minimal new installation <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-10-25 11:40 +0200
      Re: DNS on minimal new installation Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2024-10-25 09:20 +0200
      Re: DNS on minimal new installation Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-10-25 10:40 +0200
        Re: DNS on minimal new installation Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-10-25 13:40 +0200
          Re: DNS on minimal new installation eben@gmx.us - 2024-10-25 17:50 +0200

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