Questions tagged [resolv.conf]
The resolv.conf file contains information that is read by the resolver (a set of C library routines that provide access to the Internet Domain Name System (DNS).)
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Why is my /etc/resolv.conf not correctly populating?
I am wondering what causes this to happen. I am using a WiFi connection (wlan0) in my /etc/network/interfaces file. With the settings below I can successfully ping 8.8.8.8 but I am unable to use "apt-...
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Ubuntu 18 to 19 upgrade, static bonded /etc/network/interfaces' DNS not in resolve.conf after boot until manual ifup/down
Upgraded a working Ubuntu 18.04LTS to Ubuntu 19.10. The DNS name specified in /etc/network/interfaces for my static, bonded interface is not in /etc/resolv.conf after I reboot, until I log in and ...
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I use only dhcpcd and I want to make /etc/resolv.conf add search domain.local
I have a number of machines which do not use a network manager, and only use dhcpcd for setting the IP address. For example, my raspberry pi 4. I have statically assigned the IP address in the /etc/...
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web browser stuck in dns look up, but drill result is good
web browser (tried both ff and chrome, similar symptom) stuck in DNS look-up for very long time. but drill shows reasonable results. what could have been the problem?
I noticed drill using different ...
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Strange issue with DNS: drill works but getent hosts does not
I'm running Arch Linux ARM on a Raspberry Pi 4. I'm currently having an issue with the domain resolution. The "user space" applications including ping, web browser, etc. do not resolve hosts, although ...
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Going all-in on DNSSEC
I have been doing an effort to go full on DNSSEC on my system with the following setup:
dnscrypt-proxy installed, up and running on 127.0.0.1 with require_dnssec = true
systemd-resolved running, with ...
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How to make custom DNS servers show up in resolv.conf automatically after prepending DNS servers in Kali Linux?
I prepended DNS servers in dhclient.conf as such:
prepend domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222, 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8;
I restarted network using:
$service network-manager restart
So far so good but when ...
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What's the difference between /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf and /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf?
For configuring custom DNS servers in a brand new Kubuntu 19.10 laptop it wasn't enough with adding to /etc/systemd/resolved.conf:
DNS=77.88.8.7 77.88.8.3 #Yandex's DNS with no porn even on Google ...
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Network problems after system reboot - Ubuntu 18.04 Server
I have a problem with one of my Ubuntu 18.04 servers.
After a recent power cut, I can no longer connect to it from outside the network.
I'm currently SSHing to it through another server in my ...
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resolv.conf is configured, but DNS not working
I am stuck with DNS issue on Debian server.
My resolv.conf configuration is
nameserver 192.168.1.3
When I try to ping google.com, I have "Temporary failure in name resolution".
So, I add 8.8.8.8 ...
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Make one program use a special resolv.conf
I want to cheat a program to use a special /etc/resolv.conf file, that in turn will force it to use a nonstandard nameserver.
The obvious solution is to recreate the whole filesystem except one file ...
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Ubuntu server second network card is disabled
I have a physical server that has two network cards. One of them is on the motherboard (card A) and the other is a new one that I added by myself (card B).
this command:
lshw -class network
show ...
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What overwrites /etc/resolv.conf roughly every hour?
I'm trying to add a search line to /etc/resolv.conf
I've added it directly, as an append command in /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf and as a nameservers block in /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml.
After ...
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DNS issues on a single Wifi - Linux Mint 19.1
I'm having DNS problems with one WiFi network which I've been using for a long time. I tried to do an hotspot with my phone and everything worked as normal, so the issue is only on that network.
ping ...
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Is it ok to combine machines with DNS server management and machines that do host lookups through a hosts file?
We have a cluster of Linux machines.
DNS of these machines is managed by a DNS server (a Windows machine with DNS records).
Now we want to add an additional cluster with Linux machines
that would do ...
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resolv.conf always query both servers
Is there any way to force resolv.conf to always query all servers for an IP? Currently if I have
nameserver 1.1.1.1
nameserver 8.8.8.8
It will try 1.1.1.1 first. If there is no response in 5 seconds ...
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Local hostnames not resolved after a VPN connection is established
The context:
I have a raspberry pi headless torrent box.
It downloads torrents to a local SMB share which is mounted with autofs.
As I download torrents I also use a VPN. It is set up with OpenVPN ...
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From server cannot ping server itself by its hostname while can ping by its IP
I host an ubuntu server at a data center and worked well for years till last night the server can not ping itself by host name. No config has been changed. Here are what it can/can not do now.
From ...
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How to auto populate /etc/resolv.conf when using a static configuration
I'm on an IoT device running busybox with glibc. When I have a DHCP setup in /etc/network/interfaces then udhcpc atuomatically updates /etc/resolv.conf. I can see this by clearing /etc/resolv.conf and ...
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How shall I understand the format of `/etc/resolv.conf`?
How shall I understand the format of /etc/resolv.conf?
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# This file is managed by man:systemd-resolved(8). Do not edit.
#
# This is a dynamic resolv.conf file for connecting ...
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resolv.conf always empty
I have 2 different embedded devices...an old one running TI arago Linux and a Xilinx device (petalinux).
On both I see the same outcome when adding dns-nameservers to /etc/network/interfaces and ...
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resolv.conf dns-nameservers not working, but nameserver works
Hi all this is the content of my /etc/network/interface file on my uuntu 16.04 pc
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
dns-...
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Devuan RFS. How to automate resolution of internal IP (LAN) addresses
System correctly resolves external hostnames (bbc.co.uk for example) but will not resolve any internal (LAN) ones.
The question here is how to automate LAN lookups without having to modify hosts and ...
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How to setup DNS manually on Linux?
In Linux /etc/resolv.conf get often overwritten when we setup the DNS, because of the multitude of programs managing the DNS servers.
How to properly setup the DNS ?
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Which resolv.conf is mandatory and how can I influence this?
When I use my home WiFi my Network Manager constantly loses connection to the right nameserver. It looks like it has lost the connection at all, but disconnect and connect manually gives me access to ...
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Use DHCP-provided DNS or not based on connected network
My current networking setup (on Arch Linux) involves:
stubby to resolve DNS requests with DNS-over-TLS.
dnsmasq to cache DNS queries (and nothing else).
openresolv to manage resolv.conf.
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resolv.conf + is it necessary to defined the domain in resolv.conf [duplicate]
We have a DNS server at 103.16.36.88 that resolves all hosts and IP addresses.
more /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
search Jupiter.com
nameserver 103.16.36.88
domain Jupiter.com
But ...
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resolv.conf overwritten every time [duplicate]
I got this
drwxrwxr-x 3 root tunnel 100 date and time .
drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 860 date and time …
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root tunnel 0 date and time enable-updates
drwxrwxr-x 2 root tunnel 40 date and time ...
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how to install resolvconf in centos
I'm trying to install resolvconf in centos.
In Ubuntu I'm able to install resolvconf sudo apt-get install resolvconf.
For centos, I tried to do the same by sudo yum install resolvconf but I get ...
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How to locate the module that handles DNS resolving in buildroot?
I have 2 different Linux devices, one's kernel is done using ltib (L from now on), and the other's by buildroot (B from now on).
I manage to add a DNS resolver to B by using:
echo "nameserver 8.8....
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not all nameservers are looked up
So I have multiple nameservers in my /etc/resolv.conf, but regarding the order in which they appear, I am able or not to resolve my corporate VPN hostnames: when VPN's DNS precedes my local one, I am ...
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How do I specify the order that Network-Manager populates /etc/resolv.conf
Network Manager is posting the correct name servers and search domains into /etc/resolv.conf when I restart the network. However, it is not in an order I like. How can I tell Network Manager to ...
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NetworkManager doesn't read a new domain in ifcfg-eth0
I'm using a RHEL 6.7 and I need to add a new DOMAIN to resolv.conf that is generated by NetworkManager.
In /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 there are already other domains that are in resolv....
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Can not resolve domains in all programs except ping
I've got a server for HPC usage, and it's RedHat. It appears to have a strange bug. I tried:
$ curl https://www.aliyun.com/ -vv
Couldn't resolve host 'www.aliyun.com'
I tried these as well:
wget ...
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How to update resolv.conf? [duplicate]
I am experiencing DNS resolution issues. I can ping an I.P. on my LAN but when I type it's URL into my browser it does not resolve to the I.P. and I can't access the webpage.
I took a look at the ...
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How to make name server address permanent in /etc/resolv.conf even after system reboot? [duplicate]
I changed nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf and after a system reboot it resets the nameserver back to what it was.
I am using linux mint 19 (Cinnamon).
This file is managed by man:systemd-resolved(8). ...
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Linux IP resolution issue [closed]
I uploaded a new Ubuntu based MISP virtual machine on my VMWare ESX.
Configured it to use DHCP and IP address 192.168.10.6 was assigned to it.
I am able to get the dashboard of the MISP application ...
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Who reads /etc/resolv.conf?
My Centos 7 server doesn't resolve domain names properly. From what I see, in modern Linux systems /etc/resolv.conf is often generated with dhclient, dnsmasq or Network Manager.
Thus I have a ...
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Question about why DNS resolv.conf stopped working
I have a question about why my DNS settings got messed up. I've fixed the issue (I think), but I'm curious as to why it happened. My Linux Mint 18.3 laptop had been working flawlessly. I recently ...
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Alpine Linux sometimes DNS is not resolved
Sometimes when I run the commands:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
Over Alpine linux fails to update the packages even if connected to internet. But if I do sudo su "echo 'nameserver 8.8....
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How to specify more than one DNS in resolvconf.conf?
I am trying to make resolvconf prepend two additional nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf when run with "resolvconf -u".
My /etc/resolvconf.conf file is as follows:
# Configuration for resolvconf(8)
# ...
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Resolving hostnames querying multiple DNS servers
We have two isolated private network domains dc.example.com and cloud.example.com and both of those have their own DNS servers.
But we have a client machine connected to both of those networks.
How do ...
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How to fix OpenVPN DNS leak
I just subscribed to a VPN provider.
I have Xubuntu 17.10, openvpn 2.4.3. After launching the openvpn command I check the IP (fine) and performed a simple DNS leak test: not fine, it shows my ...
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How do I configure my DNS / DHCP / gateway server with 2 NICs to use its own DNS?
My SOHO lan is served by my main machine which operates as a router, firewall, gateway, DNS, DHCP server and backup server.
I've set up bind9 and isc-dhcp-server to do DDNS for the lan clients, while ...
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Why is my resolv.conf being deleted? [duplicate]
I've built a custom linux system using Yocto. It uses busybox. I have most everything working, except I can't have a static dns resolver address because /etc/resolv.conf is being deleted on every ...
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How do I mount a file on top of a broken symbolic link?
In preparation of a chroot I'm doing an mount --bind /etc/resolv.conf ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/resolv.conf. I need this because the ${MOUNTPOINT} contains a broken etc/resolv.conf.
However, mount is ...
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Default DNS server settings
I recently updated my Ubuntu which ended in a shot DNS config.
I am able to add a nameserver to /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail (and restart the service) to get DNS resolution for everything ...
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CentOS 7: Stop NetworkManager from adding search domain based on hostname
If i set machine hostname to say, machine.example.com NetworkManager adds the example.com to /etc/resolv.conf, something like:
search example.com search1.com
However, example.com on the search ...
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DNS settings not working on lubuntu 17.10
Recently my DNS settings stopped working. They are the same settings I've had for a while now, and I don't know what has changed. Now each time I restart my system, I have no internet connection, ...
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dnsmasq & systemd Causing Intermittent CPU Spikes
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Running Ubuntu 17.10
I have been trying to resolv (hehe) this issue for about a week now and despite countless Google searches and about 20 different attempts, I can not stop dnsmasq from ...
