But enough dreaming. Given the world as it is, the immediate challenge is to make NM+dnsmasq compatible with standalone nameservers. (Otherwise network-manager should Conflict with those nameservers' packages.)
Solutions mentioned earlier: * Tell the administrator to comment out "dns=dnsmasq" in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf after installing dnsmasq or another DNS server package. * Change NM so that it acts as if "dns=dnsmasq" is absent if a DNS server package is installed. * Change standalone dnsmasq such that it doesn't listen on 0.0.0.0:53, doesn't listen on 127.0.1.1:53 and change NM so that its dnsmasq listens only on 127.0.1.1:53. Here's a new idea. * Enhance the resolver(3) so that nameservers can be specified in resolv.conf using the <address>:<port> notation * Change NM such that it causes its slave dnsmasq to listen on another (than 53) port number P and sends "nameserver 127.0.0.1:P" to resolvconf. -- 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: NM-controlled dnsmasq prevents other DNS servers from running, yet network-manager doesn't Conflict with their packages Status in “djbdns” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “dnsmasq” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed 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/djbdns/+bug/959037/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
