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Kalmar
Asked: 2013-06-14 03:04:56 +0800 CST

How to enable nameserver via VPN

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I use VPN (openvpn) on Ubuntu 13.04. I see the IP-s through VPN correctly. The problem is, although I configure the nameserver in the network manager I still doesn't see the domains.

The exported VPN configuration says:

comp-lzo yes
dev tun
proto udp
nobind
auth-nocache
script-security 2
persist-key
persist-tun
user openvpn
group openvpn

/etc/resolv.conf says it will be rewritten, so I don't edit it

/etc/network/interfaces contains only:

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

I tried editing:

/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf

by adding:

interface "eth0" {
        prepend domain-name-servers MY.DNS.IP.ADDRESS;
}

But it doesn't work.

How can I solve it?

12.10

1 Answers

  1. The OpenVPN server should push appropriate options with dhcp. Just like your router does when you connect over wifi. From my /etc/openvpn/server.conf:

    # DNS servers, courtesy of Google
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
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