Ubuntu
bind9 package

After an update the vpnc is not able to pick up dns information

Bug #407379 reported by mosses
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bind9 (Ubuntu)
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LaMont Jones

Bug Description

Three days ago I updated my ubuntu 9.4, after the vpnc is not able to pick up the dns information from vpn source.

- below the packages updates.

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12K 2009-07-28 14:04 linux-restricted-modules-common_2.6.28-14.19_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.3M 2009-07-28 14:04 linux-headers-2.6.28-14_2.6.28-14.47_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 797K 2009-07-28 14:04 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-14-server_2.6.28-14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 796K 2009-07-28 14:04 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-14-generic_2.6.28-14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 654K 2009-07-28 14:05 linux-headers-2.6.28-14-server_2.6.28-14.47_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 653K 2009-07-28 14:05 linux-headers-2.6.28-14-generic_2.6.28-14.47_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24M 2009-07-28 14:05 linux-image-2.6.28-14-generic_2.6.28-14.47_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24M 2009-07-28 14:05 linux-image-2.6.28-14-server_2.6.28-14.47_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 744K 2009-07-28 14:05 linux-libc-dev_2.6.28-14.47_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-headers-server_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-headers-generic_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-generic_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-server_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-restricted-modules-server_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-restricted-modules-generic_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-image-server_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-image-generic_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 642K 2009-07-28 16:46 libv8-0_1.2.14~svn20090728r2558-0ubuntu1~ucd2~jaunty_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18M 2009-07-28 19:01 chromium-browser_3.0.196.0~svn20090728r21871-0ubuntu1~ucd1~jaunty_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90K 2009-07-29 00:05 bind9utils_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60K 2009-07-29 00:05 bind9-host_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 236K 2009-07-29 00:05 bind9_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 144K 2009-07-29 00:05 libisc45_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 531K 2009-07-29 00:05 libdns45_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32K 2009-07-29 00:05 libbind9-40_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141K 2009-07-29 00:05 dnsutils_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44K 2009-07-29 00:05 liblwres40_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43K 2009-07-29 00:05 libisccfg40_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26K 2009-07-29 00:05 libisccc40_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb

mosses@mosses-laptop:/var/cache/apt/archives$ uname -a
Linux mosses-laptop 2.6.28-14-server #47-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 25 01:18:34 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

- This issue is happening in old kernel release
Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-13-server

- Workaround
handle the resolv.conf file

$ more /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.0.1
search externo.com mosses.com

$ sudo cp -rp /etc/resolv.conf-externo /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf

$ cat /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 125.147.4.5
nameserver 125.147.6.5
search externo.com mosses.com

Regards

Mosses

Revision history for this message
LaMont Jones (lamont) wrote :

You have installed bind9, and told it to have resolvconf update resolv.conf when it starts. You'll want to edit /etc/default/bind9 to say 'RESOLVCONF=no', and then starting bind9 will not rewrite resolv.conf

Changed in bind9 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → LaMont Jones (lamont)
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
mosses (milton-osses) wrote : Re: [Bug 407379] Re: After an update the vpnc is not able to pick up dns information

Hi, I am using NetworkManager and network-manager-vpnc and the issue didn't
happened again

Regards

Milton

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:50 PM, LaMont Jones <email address hidden>wrote:

> You have installed bind9, and told it to have resolvconf update
> resolv.conf when it starts. You'll want to edit /etc/default/bind9 to
> say 'RESOLVCONF=no', and then starting bind9 will not rewrite
> resolv.conf
>
> ** Changed in: bind9 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
> ** Changed in: bind9 (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => LaMont Jones (lamont)
>
> --
> After an update the vpnc is not able to pick up dns information
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407379
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