[Bug 994575] Re: /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/000resolvconf should "exit 0" if pppd was run by NM, since NM will register the nameserver addresses itself

[Thomas Hood]

>   * Update ppp hooks to also exit when passed
 >   /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/PPP/* (LP: #994575)

This has been backported to Debian and will appear in 1.68.

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Title:
  /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/000resolvconf should "exit 0" if pppd was run by NM,
  since NM will register the nameserver addresses itself

Status in “resolvconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “resolvconf” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed
Status in “resolvconf” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in “resolvconf” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [rationale]
  When using ppp from Network Manager (VPN or modem), the hook script from resolvconf will be triggered and adds the DNS directly to /etc/resolv.conf.
  That's wrong as Network Manager already handle these and can lead to broken DNS resolution.

  [test case]
  1) Setup a connection in Network Manager using a ppp backend (testing both pptp and 3g modems)
  2) Connect
  3) Check that only 127.0.0.1 is present in /etc/resolv.conf
  4) Check that /run/resolvconf/interface/ppp0 doesn't exist

  [regression potential]
  The change in the check only applies to the case where the script is called with "nm-pptp-service-", so only potential regression I can see is a case where someone manually runs ppp with the exact same parameter as Network Manager, but that'd be wrong...

  I have a VPN set up in Network Manager, which worked well when my
  system was running 11.10.

  After upgrading to 12.04, I've noticed that DNS changes needed by the
  VPN aren't happening.  Hosts that only resolve within the VPN won't
  resolve, and hosts that are supposed to resolve with different IP
  addresses inside the VPN don't.

  I can see the new, proper nameserver configuration in /var/run/nm-dns-
  dnsmasq.conf.  I can resolve properly if I query the name server
  directly, i.e. "host <name-to-resolve> <vpn-dns-server-ip>".  And, if
  I use that IP address instead of the name, I can successfully do
  things like ssh.  But simple resolution appears to still be using the
  old name server.

  At one point, I killed off dnsmasq and wrote a new /etc/resolv.conf
  with the VPN name servers.  That worked, but caused all manner of
  problems later.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri May  4 09:04:23 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  IfupdownConfig:
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  IpRoute:
   default via 192.168.50.2 dev eth0  proto static
   169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000
   192.168.50.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.50.222  metric 1
   192.168.50.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.50.106  metric 2
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
   WimaxEnabled=true
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  RfKill:
   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
  SourcePackage: network-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-02 (1 days ago)
  nmcli-dev:
   DEVICE     TYPE              STATE         DBUS-PATH
   eth0       802-3-ethernet    connected     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
   wlan0      802-11-wireless   connected     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
  nmcli-nm:
   RUNNING         VERSION    STATE           NET-ENABLED   WIFI-HARDWARE   WIFI       WWAN-HARDWARE   WWAN
   running         0.9.4.0    connected       enabled       enabled         enabled    enabled         disabled

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