Comment 42 for bug 37239

On 10/4/07, Pirx <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Thanks for your quick reply.
>
> You get me wrong: network-manager OpenVPN plugin does exactly what it is
> supposed to do and enters/overwrites the VPN's DNS server into
> resolv.conf. That is 100% of what it should do (for me).

OpenVPN can be configured to enable users to connect to some other network
without overriding the users default route, domain settings, etc.

I have a setup in wich we enable access to some servers only via openvpn,
but we don't wanna route all users traffic thought this network -- why on
earth I would route the user's gmail through the servers network?

But, with network-manager having done that, fire up Firefox and get a
> server not found error. That is certainly, because Firefox does not
> access the correct DNS server in resolv.conf
>
> The exact same is the issue with Evolution, server not found.
>
> Somewhere something needs to refresh after network-manager has written
> the correct DNS to resolv.conf, so that the network apps like Firefox
> try to resolve DNS with the DNS server in resolv.conf
>
> Kindly advise what your thoughts are. Thanks!
>
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> VPN connection should alter /etc/resolv.conf
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37239
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Rodrigo Virote Kassick
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