[Cialug] Ubuntu 14.04 & dnsmasq

[Andrew Denner]

I haven't tried them, so take these with a grain of salt, but the link
below has the following directions

http://overtag.dk/wordpress/2014/06/ubuntu-14-04-trusty-with-dns-server-and-networkmanager-disabling-dnsmasq/

comment out # dns=dnsmasq  in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
and then remove resolveconf.
apt-get remove resolvconf


On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:38 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 26 May 2015, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>
> > Regarding adding settings to resolv.conf, are you running into
> > theperennial resolvconf problem? If so, the way to have your changes
> > persistthrough a reboot is listed here: http://askubuntu.com/a/51332
> >
> It works 90% of the time, .. but tends to choke on paypal.com;
>
> > As far as your primary problem with dnsmasq, I don't know what would
> > causethat, but dnsmasq has always worked very well for me. It does
> > aggressivelycache lookups, so maybe if your upstream DNS returns a bad
> > lookup then it'sgetting cached.
> >
> dnsmasq does work well, we have used it for many systems, including out
> main firewall box, for many years. Having it on 14.04, however, is
> problematic, possibly because IT is behind another dnsmasq instance on the
> firewall?
>
> In any case, I don't see a need for dnsmasq on a workstation - would
> anyone know how to rip it out? There is no package installed, nor config
> files anywhere under /etc.
>
>         Thanks!
>
>         Lee
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