DNS not working in WSL2, resolv.conf gets overwritten with symlink to ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf

[xzn]

DNS not working at all in WSL2 after upgrading,

After setting

[network]
generateResolvConf = false

in wsl.conf

resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten with symlink to ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf

[xzn]

Seems like a configuration issue on my end.

Now it's just #4285.

[foobarbecue]

I'm having this same issue, after adding generateResolvConf = false to my /etc/wsl.conf .

[jgangso]

I faced the same issue that resolv.conf kept getting generated despite generateResolvConf = false:

I learned from #5420 (comment) the proper way to get rid of the generated symlinked file.
Basically what I was missing was the last command sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

My one-liner after which the resolv.conf started working as expected: (also after WSL2 shutdown)
sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf && sudo bash -c 'echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf' && sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

[piyush1104]

I faced the same issue that resolv.conf kept getting generated despite generateResolvConf = false:

I learned from #5420 (comment) the proper way to get rid of the generated symlinked file.
Basically what I was missing was the last command sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

My one-liner after which the resolv.conf started working as expected: (also after WSL2 shutdown)
sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf && sudo bash -c 'echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf' && sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

Thanks this worked for me. Weirdly earlier I was able to ping google.com and even update the system from official ubuntu mirrors. But for some reason, I was not able ping github.com or any other website. Now doing the above resolved it.