I suggest following the workaround in comment #58 by Micah Mangione (ok123jump-z).
$ git clone https://github.com/masterkorp/openvpn-update-resolv-conf $ sudo chmod +x ~\openvpn-update-resolv-conf\*.sh && sudo mv *.sh /etc/openvpn $ sudo apt-get install openresolv nscd unbound Then add these lines to \etc\openvpn\*.ovpn: script-security 2 up "/etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf.sh /etc/openvpn/update-systemd-network.sh" down "/etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf.sh /etc/openvpn/update-systemd-network.sh" This worked perfectly in my case (Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Xenial + OpenVPN 2.3.10). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1211110 Title: network manager openvpn dns push data not updating system DNS addresses To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1211110/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs