@Solomon: Linode tech support has told me that Linode intentionally
removed the /etc/resolv.conf symlink. By default, all of their
distribution templates use DHCP to obtain the IPv4 address on the first
boot; dhclient is configured to write out a valid resolv.conf file at
/etc/resolv.conf. That's it.
Was the only problem you had the fact that you got an error message? If
so then the problem is only the word "Error" which should have been
"Warning"; and this problem has already been fixed in Quantal.
In more detail: In Precise, /sbin/resolvconf aborted with an error
message
resolvconf: Error: /etc/resolv.conf isn't a symlink, not doing
anything.
if /etc/resolv.conf was not a symlink. In Quantal /sbin/resolvconf
doesn't print that message and does not abort. However, unless you set
REPORT_ABSENT_SYMLINK=no
in /etc/default/resolvconf, the warning message
/etc/resolvconf/update.d/libc: Warning: /etc/resolv.conf is not a
symbolic link to /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf
gets printed by the resolvconf update script
/etc/resolvconf/update.d/libc. So an admin who wants to eliminate the
/etc/resolv.conf symlink and keep resolvconf installed will also have to
set REPORT_ABSENT_SYMLINK=no in order to silence the unwanted warning
message.
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Title:
/etc/resolv.conf symlink does not exist after initial installation of
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