[nylug-talk] OpenVPN... Yeah or nay?

[VaibhaV Sharma]

> On 9/8/07, VaibhaV Sharma <vaibhav at vaibhavsharma.com> wrote:
>>
>> My own laptop is a macbook pro and the only problem I have had is with
>> the
>> openvpn client not updating resolv.conf on connection.
>
>
> OpenVPN does not by default update resolv.conf, as far as I know.
> OpenVPN GUI will update your routing tables and DNS settings in Windows,
> but in Linux, BSD and Mac OS X, only routing tables will get updated,
> not resolv.conf.

Well, another friend uses the same client and does not have the same
problem. resolv.conf gets updated just fine. Maybe he forgot that he had
to tweak the config file.

I just did not bother.

> Within your openvpn.conf, you need to set a script that can do this for
> you
> to be triggered on connection.  OpenVPN will provide the pertinent
> information (DNS gateway, etc.) as environment variables.

Thanks for the tip, will try it. I remember doing this eons ago when I
used to setup a split-brain dns setup on a linux server which had only a
dialup connection to the internet. Used to save / update resolv.conf on
ppp-up. :)

> Heres an example of a script for MacOS: http://tinyurl.com/yo4xop

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VaibhaV
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