> At this point though, the simplest way to deal with this remains to edit interfaces= to map to the relevant external interfaces (eth0, wlan0, etc.) and let the NM-spawned instance get started on lo.
We can't do that; we need DNS caching for thin client sessions which run on the server with DNS=127.0.0.1. We need to completely disable the nm dnsmasq spawning. > You need to restart network-manager after changing the configuration value. Thank you, I think that's too much to do from a postinst so I'll probably document it as part of the installation process. For the record, I think that the proper way to solve the problem is from libc itself. Ask Simon to allow calling dnsmasq like a library, or communicate with it via a socket, whatever's needed, but no :53 port hooking, this is reserved for real DNS servers, not for helpers for libc shortcomings. Thanks again for all the feedback, Alkis -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959037 Title: Don't start local resolver if a DNS server is installed Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: As described in https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-p-dns- resolving, network manager now starts a dnsmasq instance for local DNS resolving. That breaks the default bind9 and dnsmasq installations, for people that actually want to install a DNS server. Having to manually comment out "#dns=dnsmasq" in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf doesn't sound good, and if it stays that way, it should be moved to the bind9 and dnsmasq postinst scripts. Please make network-manager smarter so that it checks if bind9 or dnsmasq are installed, so that it doesn't start the local resolver in that case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/959037/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
