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 |
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| 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.