This issue has been bothering more of a hundred users for more than a year. In my case there was a workaround at some point, by downgrading openvpn to an older version (can't remember which).
Being so prevailing and old, it is quite disgraceful that this is not being addressed on Ubuntu 16 LTS. Instead, I see some wall of text here (e.g. comment 80) trying to excuse the inexcusable. ** Description changed: [Triage Notes] - This bug can no longer make progress. Please see comment 50 for details - and further instructions. + Apparently fixed on Ubuntu 17.04, nobody caring about LTS versions. + Please see wall of text on comment 50 for a long excuse. [Original 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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded 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: [Triage Notes] Apparently fixed on Ubuntu 17.04, nobody caring about LTS versions. Please see wall of text on comment 50 for a long excuse. [Original 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/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
