Package: network-manager Version: 1.6.2-3 I reported[1] this upstream, maybe it could also be addressed within README.Debian or the wiki[2]
Given that NetworkManager is meant to be GUI-oriented, it feels strange that users have to specify search domains through a config file and even more strange that it is not easy because of documentation. The man page about NetworkManager.conf mentions "GLOBAL-DNS SECTION" and "GLOBAL-DNS-DOMAIN SECTIONS" but there is not a lot of detail and no examples. Searching online I found examples like this: [global-dns] enable=yes searches=example.org [global-dns-domain-*] servers=8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4 [global-dns-domain-example.org] servers=10.0.100.1,10.0.200.1 The "enable=yes" doesn't appear to be necessary, it works without that line for me. It is also not clear what I should do if I only want to have "searches" set globally but I want the DNS servers set automatically from DHCP or other sources. For example, I tried just setting this: [global-dns] searches=example.org and not adding any global-dns-domain- sections and the searches parameter was ignored. 1. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791849 2. https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager
