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dnsmasq package

  1. Bug #1575644
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 1575644

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Thomas Hood (jdthood) wrote :

If you install the dnsmasq package then that package starts a standalone instance of the dnsmasq program and resolv.conf will contain a line `nameserver 127.0.0.1` which tells the resolver to consult that instance of the dnsmasq program, which will by default forward DNS queries to the nameservers which would otherwise have been directly consulted by the resolver.

The answer to the question "shouldn't those DNS servers should be included in /etc/resolv.conf regardless of the presence of dnsmasq?" is "no". Resolvconf doesn't list any nameserver addresses after any loopback address, unless TRUNCATE_NAMESERVER_LIST_AFTER_LOOPBACK_ADDRESS=no in /etc/default/resolvconf.

When dnsmasq is installed does DNS function correctly? If so then there is no problem.