On 05/10/2012 01:07 PM, Steve Clark wrote:
> On 05/10/2012 06:55 AM, Timothy Madden wrote:
>> I would like to use dnsmasq to cache nameserver query results, and I
>> have set dhcp to prepend the 127.0.0.1 name-server to the list of
>> nameservers. dnsmasq would then automatically exclude the localhost as a
>> name server and use all the others from the list provided by dhcp.
>>
>> But it was too nice to be true, because NetworkManager was there, ready
>> to mess up anything I try to do, including the list of name servers that
>> dhclient puts in /etc/resolv.conf.
>>
>> Is there really no way to convince that idiotic piece of software that
>> it suffered too much brain damage in order for it to manage even a
>> simple eth0 interface, and that dhclient can properly take care of the
>> resolver configuration by itself ?
>>
>> Or do I have to turn it off entirely ?
>>
>> Is there a better way to have dhclient write the list of DNS servers,
>> that dnsmasq could then use ?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Timothy Madden
>>
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> I turned if off long ago. I don't see any need for it unless maybe you have a laptop
> that you are carrying around to a lot of different environments.
>
> My $.02
>
Same here. I even recompiled gnome-netstatus applet:
http://rpms.plnet.rs/plnet-centos6-x86_64/RPMS.plnet-compiled/gnome-netstatus-2.28.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
so I can see status of connection.
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