guessnet: specifying multiple domains in dns-search, but only the first is used

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:02:00 +0100
Allan Kristensen <allank at tigerdyr.com> wrote:

> Package: guessnet
> Version: 0.49-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> When specifying multiple domains or sub-domains in dns-search, only
> the first domain is used in /etc/resolv.conf
> 
> Example /etc/network/interfaces
> 
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> auto eth0
> auto wlan0
> auto tun0
> 
> # Guessnet
> # possible guessnet default
> iface dhcp inet dhcp
> 
> mapping eth0
>   script guessnet-ifupdown
>   map default: dhcp
>   map verbose: true
>   map debug: true
>   map work-wired
> 
> mapping wlan0
>   script guessnet-ifupdown
>   map default: dhcp
>   map verbose: true
>   map debug: true
>   map work-wifi
>   map home-wifi
> 
> iface work-wired inet dhcp
>   dns-search emea.example.com nam.example.com asia.example.com
> example.com dns-server <work name server>
>   test peer address <work ip address> mac <work mac address>
> 
> iface work-wifi inet dhcp
>   dns-search emea.example.com nam.example.com asia.example.com
> example.com dns-server <work name server>
>   test wireless essid Wireless
> 
> iface home-wifi inet dhcp
>   dns-search mydomain.com
>   dns-server <home name server>
>   test wireless essid PrivateWireless
> 
> iface unknown inet dhcp
> 
> 
> /etc/resolv.conf looks like below when wired connected at work
> 
> domain emea.example.com
> search emea.example.com
> nameserver <work name server>
> 
> The expected behavior should have been
> 
> domain emea.example.com
> search emea.example.com nam.example.com asia.example.com example.com
> nameserver <work name server>
> 
> 
> Currently I have to add the extra sub-domains to /etc/resolv.conf
> every time I come to office.
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
>   APT prefers intrepid-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'intrepid-updates'), (500, 'intrepid-security'),
> (500, 'intrepid') Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages guessnet depends on:
> ii  libc6              2.8~20080505-0ubuntu7 GNU C Library: Shared
> libraries ii  libgcc1            1:4.3.2-1ubuntu11     GCC support
> library ii  libiw29            29-1ubuntu2           Wireless tools -
> library ii  libnet1            1.1.2.1-2build1       library for the
> construction and h ii  libpcap0.8         0.9.8-5
> system interface for user-level pa ii  libstdc++6
> 4.3.2-1ubuntu11       The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
> 
> guessnet recommends no packages.
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 

Can you file this on launchpad? I know the system sent it to the users
mailing list, but it never gets worked if it stays here. 

The right place to file bug reports is:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu

That will give the developers a chance to see if they can fix it.

Thanks.

-- 
Charlie Kravetz 
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