On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:40:18 -0700 Ian Zimmerman <i...@very.loosely.org> wrote:
> On 2020-09-16 02:11, Steve Litt wrote: > > > Speaking of Netowrk manager, am I the only one who hates it messing > > with /etc/resolv.conf? You know what I'd like? I'd like > > /etc/resolv.conf to be a symlink to one of many files, such as > > resolv.dhcp, which *could* be modified by the network manager, and > > all sorts of others that can be switched in and out by a > > shellscript. Most folks would just use the symlink to resolv.dhcp, > > but folks like us could actually put our own unbound on our laptops > > and use a resolv.unbound or something like that. > > The resolvconf package already does something like this, and it _can_ > be utilized by user scripts, though it is not very well documented > and, maybe even worse, not very well "promoted". Also, you can > achieve a similar effect by running dnsmasq with a few simple scripts > on top, because the "upstream" dnsmasq resolver file is configurable. > > But when I think about the normal way of resolver configuration > I feel, for once, some sympathy for Len^H^H^H the one whose name shall > not be said here. > on an IPv6 network you don't need DHCP for autoconfiguration of IP and DNS. Just run rdnssd and it will statelessly grab the resolver and configure a unique publicly routable IP address. -- ________________________________________ / Kiss me, Kate, we will be married o' \ | Sunday. | | | | -- William Shakespeare, "The Taming of | \ the Shrew" / ---------------------------------------- \ \ /\ /\ //\\_//\\ ____ \_ _/ / / / * * \ /^^^] \_\O/_/ [ ] / \_ [ / \ \_ / / [ [ / \/ _/ _[ [ \ /_/ _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng