Whether this is a bug or feature request, I don't know, but to be sure, it is possible to do this with a .conf file and "sudo service openvpn start" and not possible to do it via network-manager-openvpn (unless you count disabling dnsmasq--I'm curious what side effects this has). As described in the original report, I have verified that these lines in a .conf file allow the server to configure DNS (as long as the server pushes 3 or more DNS servers):
script-security 2 up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf but network-manager-openvpn does not support the 'up' and 'down'. This same issue was addressed here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/519920/how-to-run-an-up-script-using- network-manager-openvpn -- 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/1211110 Title: network manager openvpn dns push data not updating system DNS addresses Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in openvpn package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When IPv4 Method is set to Automatic VPN, DNS address recieved from OpenVPN server do not update resolv.conf. This can be achieved when using a standard openvpn config file by adding the lines: script-security 2 up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf In Network-manager there seems to be no option to run connection specific scripts and the DNS data from the server is ignored. Ubuntu 13.04 Network-manager 0.9.8.0-0ubuntu6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1211110/+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
