Is it possible to use the built in peerdns option for DHCP client interfaces but customise the resolv.conf that is written to? It always seems to use /etc/resolv.conf. I have a dnsmasq instance using a specific resolv.conf file, which is obviously configurable with uci. But I can’t see how I can populate this file with uci configuration for a DHCP client interface. I have resorted to using a hotplug iface script to do this. I just wanted to check it wasn’t possible a nicer way.
Each learnt nameserver from interface ifname goes to /tmp/resolv.conf.<ifname>
This is by default symlink to /tmp/resolv.conf , which is pointing to localhost, that is dnsmasq. Also there is /tmp/resolv.conf.auto , which is a combination of all available nameservers.
If you mean to advertise it with dhcp, then you can with option 6.
So I have two DHCP client interfaces (no DHCP servers here). One DHCP client I want to use the provided DNS servers (peerdns) for local resolution. The other DHCP client I want to use the provided DNS servers for dnsmasq's usage. I have disabled dnsmasq for local use.
I see /etc/resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto. I don't have separate resolv.conf files for each interface as you describe. So the resolv.conf file used for local resolution has the combined nameservers from both DHCP clients - this isn't what I want.
Yes, should be doable.
Please run the following commands (copy-paste the whole block) and paste the output here, using the "Preformatted text </> " button:
Remember to redact passwords, MAC addresses and any public IP addresses you may have
ubus call system board; \
uci export network; uci export dhcp; \
ls -l /etc/resolv.* /tmp/resolv.* /tmp/resolv.*/* ; head -n -0 /etc/resolv.* /tmp/resolv.* /tmp/resolv.*/*