When they were talking about doing this ill conceived notion, it was supposed to be documented how to disable it: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-p-dns- resolving
stgraber 2011-12-13: - After discussion with mdeslaur, we'll still turn on dnsmasq by default in Network Manager but document how to turn it off (comment the dns= line in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf). Why this was done on a LTS release was very unwise in my opinion! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/940417 Title: No setting exists to enable/disable DNS cache in System Settings-->Network Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Precise is now using DNSmasq for DNS cache. But no setting is apparent for disabling this DNS cache for users who do not want a DNS cache. The UbuntuBrainstorm asking for this feature said that users should be able to turn on/off the cache: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28926/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/940417/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
