Re: IPv6-only with SLAAC doesn't update resolv.conf

Pascal Hambourg <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Sep 2018 23:14:34 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.ipv6
Organization Plouf !
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Le 27/09/2018 à 20:49, Alexander Koeppe a écrit :
> 
> I've also installed and started resolvconf package but this didn't help
> either.

Of course not. resolvconf does not create DNS, it just manages DNS 
sources. It is useful if you have several DNS sources conflicting with 
each other such as DHCP, SLAAC...

> What would be Linux' solution to such a typical setup where no DHCPv6
> server is around, like in any consumer environment?

Install rdnssd.

> Is there a gap of thinking, either on my side or on Linux's developers side?

The kernel alone receives IPv6 router advertisements (RAs) but will not 
modify any file such as resolv.conf. So a userland process must do it. 
This is the purpose of rdnssd.