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  1. Bug #293139
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 293139

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 293139] Re: NetworkManager does not use dhclient-exit-hooks.d, DNSSEC does not work

Johan Ehnberg wrote:
> My use case: Johan needs to access his laptop for doing backups and for
> remote desktop services. :)
>
> I can think of a few reasons why resolvconf is suboptimal:
> - It is not the standard/recommended solution for DNSSEC, which is optimally integrated with dhclient
> - It requires additional packages for something that should be working already
> - It is not supported by canonical
>
> Also, a few questions arise, mostly from my rather outdated experiences with resolvconf:
> - Would it require modifying the script?
> - Would it work with both DHCP and PPP (see my side note)?
> - Are all necessary variables available to the script?
> - Ease of use: can I simply drop a similar script (which adapts to any host) in a folder?
> - Is it aware of DHCP lease changes (reports new IP) or is it only concerned with DNS servers changes?
>
> Resolvconf may well be a good workaround.
>
>
 if the resolvconf abilities are not enough you can also stuff in a NM
dispatcher.d script (see: /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/)