[OM Cooker] resolvconf is coming back via openresolv

Robert Xu robxu9 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 8 10:30:36 EST 2016


https://issues.openmandriva.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1539

On 8 March 2016 at 05:20, Tomasz Gajc <tpgxyz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Fill a bug report.
>
> 2016-03-08 9:09 GMT+01:00 Robert Xu <robxu9 at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Then you are completely welcome to fix NetworkManager, wicd, and all the
>> VPN software.
>>
>> Like I said, it's not a working chain right now - and openresolv isn't
>> ancient (it's actually actively maintained and used with systemd-resolved in
>> alt linux).
>>
>> On 8 Mar 2016 02:56, "Tomasz Gajc" <tpgxyz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>> problem lies in VPN software or any other software that can't handle
>>> systemd.network interface available for more than 2 years.
>>> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.network.html
>>>
>>>
>>> I think it's better to fix openvpn or anyother vpn software which is used
>>> rather than to break working chain with ancient software.
>>>
>>> 2016-03-08 8:26 GMT+01:00 Robert Xu <robxu9 at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> The problem is that systemd-resolved is taking exclusive control of
>>>> DNS without the ability to take input from other sources like
>>>> NetworkManager or VPN software. That means that if systemd-resolved
>>>> gets a different DNS than what's needed, requests won't be routed
>>>> correctly. For example (something I ran into recently),
>>>> systemd-resolved takes the ethernet address of my computer, but then
>>>> doesn't catch the VPN that my computer connects to via NetworkManager.
>>>> DNS leaks and I can't access internal resources to the VPN because
>>>> they're all routing outside the VPN.
>>>>
>>>> Also, openresolv isn't ancient (see
>>>> http://roy.marples.name/projects/openresolv/home).
>>>>
>>>> On 8 March 2016 at 02:11, Tomasz Gajc <tpgxyz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > What? No!
>>>> >
>>>> > Dude what is the problem to resurrect some ancient software?
>>>> >
>>>> > Cheers
>>>> > TPG
>>>> >
>>>> > 8 mar 2016 03:41 "Robert Xu" <robxu9 at gmail.com> napisał(a):
>>>> >>
>>>> >> For Lx3
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 7 Mar 2016 21:28, "Alexander Khryukin" <nobodydead at gmail.com>
>>>> >> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> For 2014.2 release?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> 8 марта 2016 г. 4:07 пользователь "Robert Xu" <robxu9 at gmail.com>
>>>> >>> написал:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> hi,
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> I brought up the fact that systemd-resolved was overwriting DNS
>>>> >>>> settings in /etc/resolv.conf and not taking NetworkManager or any
>>>> >>>> other scripts into consideration a while back. I have changes
>>>> >>>> pending
>>>> >>>> that I'll push soon.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> I know nobody wanted to deal with resolvconf, so I'm trying out
>>>> >>>> openresolv, which is a BSD-licensed implementation. And I'm ripping
>>>> >>>> out systemd's exclusive control of /etc/resolv.conf - I'd like my
>>>> >>>> VPN
>>>> >>>> back, please!
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> That should also fix NetworkManager's DNS settings not being
>>>> >>>> respected. I'll test it out throughly on my computer before pushing
>>>> >>>> so
>>>> >>>> that I don't destroy everyone else's setup...
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> just a heads up,
>>>> >>>> robert
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> --
>>>> >>>> cheers, Robert :: rxu.io
>>>> >>>>
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