resolv.conf rewritten on every boot -- Help!

[3p6hsmg]

This is a very annoying issue. Everytime the server boots the resolv.conf file is rewritten. This might not seem like a problem, but whatever is writing it does not include the "search [hostname]" line in the resolv file so any non-resolvable domains get resolved to my local IP address! (who thought up that piece of genius I wonder?)

Is there a way to either make cpanel not rewrite this file or at the very least to write the thing correctly so every non-existant domain in the world does not point back to my local server?

 

[quietFinn]

It's not cPanel doing that, it's your operating system.

 

[3p6hsmg]

It's not cPanel doing that, it's your operating system.

Do you know where I can look to resolve this? Or what part of the OS is rewriting this? I literally just have CentOS with cpanel installed on it without customization. It is a Xen VPS.

 

[quietFinn]

Do you know where I can look to resolve this? Or what part of the OS is rewriting this? I literally just have CentOS with cpanel installed on it without customization. It is a Xen VPS.

Maybe in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions

 

[pmc]

Just chattr i the resolv.conf file

 

[optize]

Sounds like you're using DHCP instead of static IP addresses. DHCP will send DNS servers (usually) when you request an IP address/reboot.

 

[JaredR.]

This does sound like behavior caused by DHCP, but not necessarily. My suggestion would be to work with your data center to find the cause of this, since it is something in the operating system, or in the virtualization software (Xen), not cPanel, doing it.

The last thing I would do is apply the immutable attribute (chattr +i) to any file, because you can expect to forget about it and for it to cause problems later on after it has been forgotten, and troubleshooting can be very difficult when one does not remember to look for altered file attributes. There is usually a better way to handle a problem than changing a file's attributes.