Alkis: This relies on the assumption that NM's configuration text can be dropped in alongside whatever other configuration text is present and that dnsmasq will still work properly. This assumption is, er, questionable.
And this is also one answer to my question in #72. The "dnsmasq cascade" may waste resources but it has maintenance advantages. One dnsmasq process is under the control of NM. The other is under the control of the admin. They communicate with each other via a well defined protocol, RFC 1035. (Another minor problem with your proposal as you phrased it is the following. The existence of /etc/init.d/dnsmasq does not entail that the dnsmasq is installed. The package could have been removed and not purged.) -- 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 starting 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
