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bjorntj
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 Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:56 am Post subject: vpnc and resolv.conf? |
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Is there a way to make vpnc not change dns servers when connected?
I don't want vpnc to change my resolv.conf, is this possible?
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zatalian
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I have the exact opposite problem.
vpnc does not want to change resolv.conf
I read the vpnc wiki that suggests installing a nameserver to solve the problem, but if it is possible to do it without it, like you describe, i would like to know how... |
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bjorntj
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:44 am Post subject: |
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| zatalian wrote: | I have the exact opposite problem.
vpnc does not want to change resolv.conf
I read the vpnc wiki that suggests installing a nameserver to solve the problem, but if it is possible to do it without it, like you describe, i would like to know how... |
Well, I haven't done anything except for installing vpnc and using default options..
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zatalian
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This is what i just figured out :
if /etc/resolv.conf is linked to /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf then it is automatically updated.
I still had a non linked /etc/resolv.conf so it did not update.
to bad /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf does not solve my problems. It looks like i need dnsmasq... |
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bjorntj
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| zatalian wrote: | This is what i just figured out :
if /etc/resolv.conf is linked to /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf then it is automatically updated.
I still had a non linked /etc/resolv.conf so it did not update.
to bad /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf does not solve my problems. It looks like i need dnsmasq... |
Hmmm... I don't have a directory named resolvconf under etc....
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Princess Nell
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bjorntj: I've taken the session management script from
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/vpnc-howto.xml
and modified it so save resolv.conf before running vpnc, then restore it. |
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bjorntj
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I have made my own script trying to copy the old resolv.conf over the new, but it doesn't work... But I finally figured why.....
I have an alias called cp, that includes the -i argument, so no wonder it didn't work.. Using the cp program instead of the alias solved it... 
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