[Bug 407379] [NEW] After an update the vpnc is not able to pick up dns information

[mosses]

Public bug reported:

Three days ago I updated my ubuntu 9.4, after the vpnc is not able to
pick up the dns information from vpn source.

- below the packages updates.

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  12K 2009-07-28 14:04 linux-restricted-modules-common_2.6.28-14.19_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.3M 2009-07-28 14:04 linux-headers-2.6.28-14_2.6.28-14.47_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 797K 2009-07-28 14:04 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-14-server_2.6.28-14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 796K 2009-07-28 14:04 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-14-generic_2.6.28-14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 654K 2009-07-28 14:05 linux-headers-2.6.28-14-server_2.6.28-14.47_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 653K 2009-07-28 14:05 linux-headers-2.6.28-14-generic_2.6.28-14.47_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  24M 2009-07-28 14:05 linux-image-2.6.28-14-generic_2.6.28-14.47_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  24M 2009-07-28 14:05 linux-image-2.6.28-14-server_2.6.28-14.47_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 744K 2009-07-28 14:05 linux-libc-dev_2.6.28-14.47_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-headers-server_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-headers-generic_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-generic_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-server_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-restricted-modules-server_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-restricted-modules-generic_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-image-server_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2009-07-28 16:04 linux-image-generic_2.6.28.14.19_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 642K 2009-07-28 16:46 libv8-0_1.2.14~svn20090728r2558-0ubuntu1~ucd2~jaunty_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  18M 2009-07-28 19:01 chromium-browser_3.0.196.0~svn20090728r21871-0ubuntu1~ucd1~jaunty_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  90K 2009-07-29 00:05 bind9utils_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  60K 2009-07-29 00:05 bind9-host_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 236K 2009-07-29 00:05 bind9_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 144K 2009-07-29 00:05 libisc45_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 531K 2009-07-29 00:05 libdns45_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  32K 2009-07-29 00:05 libbind9-40_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141K 2009-07-29 00:05 dnsutils_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  44K 2009-07-29 00:05 liblwres40_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  43K 2009-07-29 00:05 libisccfg40_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  26K 2009-07-29 00:05 libisccc40_1%3a9.5.1.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb

mosses at mosses-laptop:/var/cache/apt/archives$ uname -a
Linux mosses-laptop 2.6.28-14-server #47-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 25 01:18:34 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

- This issue is happening in old kernel release 
Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-13-server

- Workaround 
handle the resolv.conf file

$ more /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf 
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.0.1
search externo.com mosses.com

$ sudo cp -rp /etc/resolv.conf-externo /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf

$ cat /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 125.147.4.5
nameserver 125.147.6.5
search externo.com mosses.com


Regards

Mosses

** Affects: bind9 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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After an update the vpnc is not able to pick up dns information
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