Sounds like maybe you're running servers and not laptops. With servers, the first thing I do (after installing a rather stringent set of iptables) is 'yum remove NetworkManager*'. Saves lots of headaches. - Larry Nathan Moore wrote on 8/7/15 12:34 PM: > Hi All, > > I have a machines running SL7 with static IP's. Whenever I restart the network > w/ "service network restart", /etc/resolv.conf is rewritten. I've read that you > can "solve" this problem by stopping network manager (ie, "service > NetworkManager stop; > > chkconfig --level 12345 NetworkManager off > > " ) > > > Is this the right way to approach the problem? > > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Nathan Moore > Mississippi River and 44th Parallel > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > -- P. Larry Nelson (217-244-9855) | IT Administrator 457 Loomis Lab | High Energy Physics Group 1110 W. Green St., Urbana, IL | Physics Dept., Univ. of Ill. MailTo: [log in to unmask] | http://www.brf-llc.com/lnelson/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Information without accountability is just noise." - P.L. Nelson