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Laptop DNS forwarding to DHCP DNS

Posted 8th March 2009 by Andy | No Comments

I run bind9, a DNS server, on my Ubuntu laptop so that I can use more advanced local dns resolution than what /etc/hosts can provide, such as wildcard domain names. The problem is that in order for me to be able to use that DNS server whilst being able to resolve internet domains at the [...]

Workaround so NetworkManager runs dhclient hooks

Posted by Andy | 8 Comments

When I upgraded from Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) to Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid), a dhclient-exit-hook script I wrote no longer functioned. dhclient-script was previously used by dhclient so that whenever the dhcp changed, it would reconfigure the interfaces, generate the /etc/resolv.conf, and run scripts who’s intention is to modify the /etc/resolv.conf file based on the dhcp settings. [...]