Just like to add I see this problem too. My dnsmasq service starts as nobody maybe %20 of the time from a cold boot. And dns forwarding is broken at this time. Killing the process and restarting the service usually results in the dnsmasq service starting as "dnsmasq" like it should. But alas still no DNS forwarding and the only to get it working again is to reboot.
Not working nobody 1481 1055 0 7205 1240 0 17:23 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dnsmasq.pid --listen-address=127.0.0.1 --conf-file=/var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec Working dnsmasq 1201 1 0 7205 992 0 17:58 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -x /var/run/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.pid -u dnsmasq -r /var/run/dnsmasq/resolv.conf -7 /etc/dnsmasq.d,.dpkg-dist,.dpkg-old,.dpkg-new Xubuntu Server 12.04.2 w/ XFCE kernel: 3.2.0-45-generic -- 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/1105493 Title: network manager runs dnsmasq as user nobody Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Network Manager starts dnsmasq to provide better performing DNS service to the end user; however, it starts dnsmasq as user nobody: $ ps auwwx | grep [d]nsmasq nobody 993 0.0 0.1 33072 1120 ? S 12:06 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dnsmasq.pid --listen-address=127.0.1.1 --conf-file=/var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec --enable-dbus=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.dnsmasq --conf-dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d Generally it's bad form from a security perspective to run daemons as user nobody because a vulnerability in one daemon will possibly allow it, when compromised, to interfere with another daemon that is also running as nobody. The preferred solution is to run it under a service-specific system user. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: network-manager 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.34-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Date: Fri Jan 25 14:17:36 2013 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-25 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) IpRoute: default via 10.0.2.2 dev eth0 proto static 10.0.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.2.15 metric 1 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 IwConfig: eth0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. MarkForUpload: True NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RfKill: SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH Wired connection 1 6065df63-d4a5-4426-bf03-4b938adcdf28 802-3-ethernet 1359152173 Fri 25 Jan 2013 02:16:13 PM PST yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH eth0 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.6.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1105493/+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
