It was DNS (Well, DHCP)

The Problem

Systemd creates a symlink from /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf to the “current” /etc/resolv.conf. This is fine, and works as expected, but when retrieving a DHCP lease from a DHCP server, dhcpcd by default will overwrite /etc/resolv.conf, and by proxy, overwriting the symlinked location in /run.

The Initial Resolution (dig +short)

mojito@glados:~ sudo crontab -l
* */1 * * * systemctl restart systemd-resolved.service`

If you don’t know what this cron does, it restarts the service that configures DNS on aperture every hour. It’s like replacing your sink because you haven’t properly turned off your tap.

Not exactly a long term solution.

The Real Resolution (dig @ns1.rb.dcu.ie)

We can tell dhcpcd to not update resolv.conf during it’s lease renew by adding a hook to the workflow.

On glados, wheatley and chell:

$ cat /etc/dhcp/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/nodnsupdate
#!/bin/sh
make_resolv_conf(){
	:
}
$ chmod +x /etc/dhcp/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/nodnsupdate

All’s well that ends well.

Cheers for joining this short blog!

~distro