/etc/resolv.conf inserts commas between Search Domains

its been more than 2 months since the bug was reported and the issue is ongoing. I have found no workaround yet. Any help is appreciated. KR, Harald

Bump! 7 months have passed since I published this bug!

Just Upgraded from Gutsy to Intrepid and finally to JJ. This is still happening on JJ 9.04. Will anyone ever take a look at this bug??

The search domains are received via MS DHCP.

Regards,

Harald

I think this might be addressed with a patch to /sbin/dhclient-script (provided by dhcp3-client) to remove the commas.

Not sure whether http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3397.txt is relevant or not

The document explains which DHCP option is used to define search domains, as well as the possible vulnerabilities.

The problem I am experiencing on Jaunty is that I receive 3 search domains from my MS DHCP Server which, when included in the /etc/resolv.conf file, are separated by commas, which make it unreadable for the OS.

Here my package up-to-date information for the bug:

My Ubuntu Release:
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

gnome-system-tools release:

gnome-system-tools:
  Installed: 2.22.2-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 2.22.2-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 2.22.2-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.22.2-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages

KR,

Harald

I'm having this same problem on Ubuntu 9.10.

Any chance that this issue will be addressed?

Misja

Bug #288052 reported by Harald on 2008-10-23 <--- Bummer. It's been more than a year since I reported this bug. I still have to edit /etc/resolv.conf every morning before I can start browsing my domain.

Sorry, but I don't think the report was filed against the right package. Sadly, you chose the gnome-system-tools, which were not maintained since then. We should find the real culprit of the bug.

If I understand correctly the description, every reboot breaks /etc/resolv.conf? So actually network-admin is not breaking things: what are you using it for? Do you get the problem on every reboot, or on every reconnexion?

I checked what exactly is breaking things:

I'm not using the network manager, so I disconnected with ifdown; after ifup, my search domain list contained comma's again.
So it is not just rebooting but every reconnection that is breaking things.

If you configure your DHCP to deliver multiple search domains (option 15 on MS DHCP), then, after each ifdown-ifup/reboot/disconnect-reconnect using nm, you get the commas between the search domains on /etc/resolv.conf. I have 3 ubuntu 9.10 at home and 1 9.10 at work; all show the same behavior.

Thanks. So that's a bug with dhclient, I hope somebody more aware of its behavior will be able to help.

Same behaviour on 10.04. Confirmed on several PCs

I'm beginning to get a sick feeling when reporting bugs.

I've been reporting bugs for 2 years now, and none of the reported issues have been implemented/fixed. Some have even been ignored (evolution-bugzilla).

Every morning, for 2 years I have to double-click on a rpl script to remove the commas of /etc/resolv.conf. I've been patient. I've delivered all info... is this issue ever going to be fixed?