[Cialug] Ubuntu 14.04 & dnsmasq

[L. V. Lammert]

On Tue, 26 May 2015, Matthew Nuzum wrote:

> Regarding adding settings to resolv.conf, are you running into
> theperennial resolvconf problem? If so, the way to have your changes
> persistthrough a reboot is listed here: http://askubuntu.com/a/51332
>
It works 90% of the time, .. but tends to choke on paypal.com;

> As far as your primary problem with dnsmasq, I don't know what would
> causethat, but dnsmasq has always worked very well for me. It does
> aggressivelycache lookups, so maybe if your upstream DNS returns a bad
> lookup then it'sgetting cached.
>
dnsmasq does work well, we have used it for many systems, including out
main firewall box, for many years. Having it on 14.04, however, is
problematic, possibly because IT is behind another dnsmasq instance on the
firewall?

In any case, I don't see a need for dnsmasq on a workstation - would
anyone know how to rip it out? There is no package installed, nor config
files anywhere under /etc.

	Thanks!

	Lee