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Prevent wsl's auto file creation resolv.conf

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when running wsl, wsl creates resolv.conf and add useless nameserver. the following is to prevent that.

zsh

sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf
sudo zsh -c 'echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf'
sudo zsh -c 'echo "[network]" > /etc/wsl.conf'
sudo zsh -c 'echo "generateResolvConf = false" >> /etc/wsl.conf'
sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

bash

sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf
sudo bash -c 'echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf'
sudo bash -c 'echo "[network]" > /etc/wsl.conf'
sudo bash -c 'echo "generateResolvConf = false" >> /etc/wsl.conf'
sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

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