Public bug reported: The integration of Dnsmasq into NetworkManager is, overall, very convenient: it makes dealing with _some_ VPN connections on Ubuntu much easier.
However, there are still a number of VPN connections that NetworkManager doesn't support, or doesn't support fully (e.g. a number of OpenVPN configuration options). In these cases, it's necessary to configure the VPN connections the old-fashioned way: on the command line. There's also the issue that nm-applet doesn't gracefully support multiple simultaneous VPN connections (though the Network control panel now apparently does). Unfortunately, there really isn't a way to gracefully handle the DNS changes that these manual VPN connections require in 12.04's version of Dnsmasq. It seems that 12.10's version offers /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d/, and also a D-Bus interface-- either of which would likely work. Neither of these options (or any others I'm aware of) exist for 12.04. Right now, I find myself in the somewhat bizarre situation of considering a switch off of the LTS 12.04 release to 12.10 just to get support for a couple of VPN connections. Is there any chance that the dnsmasq.d and/or D-Bus support could be backported to 12.04? Apologies if this is the wrong forum for such a request-- couldn't think of a better one. FYI: Such a backport was actually first suggested by one of the NetworkManager devs on dnsmasq-discuss [1]. [1] http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq- discuss/2012q4/006370.html ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: The integration of Dnsmasq into NetworkManager is, overall, very convenient: it makes dealing with _some_ VPN connections on Ubuntu much easier. However, there are still a number of VPN connections that NetworkManager doesn't support, or doesn't support fully (e.g. a number of OpenVPN - configuration options). In these cases, it's necessary to configure and - the VPN connections the old-fashioned way: on the command line. There's - also the issue that nm-applet doesn't gracefully support multiple + configuration options). In these cases, it's necessary to configure the + VPN connections the old-fashioned way: on the command line. There's also + the issue that nm-applet doesn't gracefully support multiple simultaneous VPN connections (though the Network control panel now apparently does). Unfortunately, there really isn't a way to gracefully handle the DNS changes that these manual VPN connections require in 12.04's version of Dnsmasq. It seems that 12.10's version offers /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d/, and also a D-Bus interface-- either of - which would work. Neither of these options (or any others I'm aware of) - exist for 12.04. + which would likely work. Neither of these options (or any others I'm + aware of) exist for 12.04. Right now, I find myself in the somewhat bizarre situation of considering a switch off of the LTS 12.04 release to 12.10 just to get support for a couple of VPN connections. Is there any chance that the dnsmasq.d and/or D-Bus support could be backported to 12.04? Apologies if this is the wrong forum for such a request-- couldn't think of a better one. FYI: Such a backport was actually first suggested by one of the NetworkManager devs on dnsmasq-discuss [1]. - - [1] http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2012q4/006370.html + [1] http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq- + discuss/2012q4/006370.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1114107 Title: No way to customize built-in dnsmasq configuration in 12.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1114107/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
