Aha, I had tried this and it didn't work... in version 2.57. But I see that quantal already has 2.62.
> Another instance of dnsmasq will run without interfering with that, providing only that --bind-interfaces is set. Just to make sure I understand correctly: Do you mean here that --bind- interfaces has to be set on both instances of dnsmasq? Or will one instance (the NM-controlled one) with --bind-interfaces coexist nicely with another (the standalone dnsmasq) which doesn't use that option and listens on 0.0.0.0? NM already runs dnsmasq with --bind-interfaces and --listen-address (specifically, --listen-address=127.0.0.1) so we would only be changing the address. Mathieu mentioned earlier the possibility of using 127.0.1.1 which happens to be the address assigned (in /etc/hosts) to the system hostname on some (but not all) systems. Is there any advantage to using 127.0.1.1 as opposed to another 127.* address? -- 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 : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
