I changed the title to make this a wish for an easy way to enable/disable nm-dnsmasq. Many people have to disable nm-dnsmasq (myself included) and they shouldn't be forced to edit configuration files in order to do so.
** Summary changed: - Please add setting to enable/disable DNS cache + Please add setting to enable/disable DNS forwarder ** Description changed: - Precise is now using DNSmasq for DNS cache. But no setting is apparent - for disabling this DNS cache for users who do not want a DNS cache. + Precise is now using DNSmasq for DNS forwarding. But no setting is + apparent for disabling this forwarder for users who do not want it. The UbuntuBrainstorm asking for this feature said that users should be - able to turn on/off the cache: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28926/ + able to turn it on/off: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28926/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/940417 Title: Please add setting to enable/disable DNS forwarder Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Precise is now using DNSmasq for DNS forwarding. But no setting is apparent for disabling this forwarder for users who do not want it. The UbuntuBrainstorm asking for this feature said that users should be able to turn it on/off: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28926/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/940417/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
