This issue is now present in 16.04 as well. As Matthew mentions, the first time you connect to a VPN with OpenVPN DNS works, the second time it doesn't.
In case anyone stumbles upon this issue, this workaround (restarting dnsmasq) makes name resolution work again for a single VPN session: sudo pkill dnsmasq You can execute it either before or after the VPN connection is made. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1631095 Title: pushed dns servers not being used To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-openvpn/+bug/1631095/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs