[Dnsmasq-discuss] NXDOMAIN problems with open VPN

[richardvoigt at gmail.com]

> richardvoigt at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Set /etc/resolv.conf to the local dnsmasq (nameserver 127.0.0.1)
>> Set openvpn to store its information to /etc/resolv.conf.vpn
>> Tell dnsmasq to read the server list from /etc/resolv.conf.vpn
>>
>
> That won't cut it, as openvpn will overwrite your local DNS servers with
> the one provided by the remote network, and you'll again be cut off from the
> local domains. You need to also add the --server directive statically, or
> set dynamically via openresolv.


It may not be a complete solution if there are other local name servers
besides dnsmasq, but it is a necessary starting point, or else resolution
won't use dnsmasq at all (as the nameserver 127.0.0.1 directive gets
overwritten if openvpn or dhcpcd is allowed to write to /etc/resolv.conf)


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