On Thu, Apr 16, 2020, at 9:26 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek:
> 
> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 12:53:48PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> >> * Lennart Poettering:
> >> 
> >> > On Mi, 15.04.20 16:30, Lennart Poettering (mzerq...@0pointer.de) wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Mi, 15.04.20 15:50, Florian Weimer (fwei...@redhat.com) wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > * Lennart Poettering:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > 1. If /etc/resolv.conf is a regular file, resolved will *consume* it
> >> >> > >    for DNS configuration, and never change it or modify it or 
> >> >> > > replace
> >> >> > >    it. If this mode is selected arbitrary other programs that do DNS
> >> >> > >    will talk directly to the provided DNS servers, and resolved is 
> >> >> > > out
> >> >> > >    of the loop.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > In mode #1 resolved neither manages /etc/resolv.conf nor inserts
> >> >> > > itself into DNS resolution in any way.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > What will nss_resolve do in this case?  Nothing?
> >> >>
> >> >> The nss_resolve module is just a wrapper around resolved's bus
> >> >> API. And the bus API uses resolved's own DNS resolution code. And
> >> >> resolved is smart enough to automatically become a *consumer* of
> >> >> /etc/nsswitch.conf (instead of a *manager* of it) if it is a regular
> >> >> file instead of a symlink to resolved's own files in /run.
> >> >
> >> > Meh. I mean /etc/resolv.conf here, of course, not /etc/nsswitch.conf.
> >> 
> >> So if /etc/resolv.conf comes from somewhere else, then nss_resolve will
> >> still forward queries to the daemon, which contacts the upstream server
> >> on nss_resolve's behave (possibly with some caching), and eventually
> >> return the data to the application?
> >
> > nss-resolve is enabled/disabled through nsswitch.conf. It always talks to
> > systemd-resolved using local IPC. It doesn't care about /etc/resolv.conf
> > in any way.
> >
> > What Lennart wrote above applies to systemd-resolved and to things
> > which look at /etc/resolv.conf for some reason. If nss-resolve is enabled,
> > then only things which do not use nss at all would fall into this category.
> >
> >> Or does nss_resolve fail with UNAVAIL and expects nss_dns to fetch the
> >> data?
> >
> > nss_resolve fails with UNAVAIL when systemd-resolved is not running.
> > So yeah, we use want to use nss_dns as a fallback for that case. I'm not
> > sure if that is what you are asking about.
> 
> Let me rephrase:
> 
> If /etc/resolv.conf is a regular file, will systemd-resolved deactivate
> itself?  Or use the name server configuration found there instead?
> 

Based on earlier replies in the thread, resolved will use the nameservers from 
the file. There's no mention of it disabling itself.

V/r,
James Cassell
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