[vpn-help] Mac Yosemite resolv.conf problems

[Alexis La Goutte]

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:58 PM, Jeff Larsen <jlar310 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know there is not official support for Mac yet, but I have run into
> a show-stopper while testing the 2.2.0 version of the .dmg package
> downloaded from shrew.net.
>
> On Yosemite (I don't know about other versions), /etc/resolv.conf is a
> symlink to /var/run/resolv.conf. It seems that the system always looks
> to /var/run/resolv.conf for DNS lookups.
>
> I have observed that the VPN Client writes a new /etc/resolv.conf
> file, removing the symlink. So /etc/resolv.conf has the correct
> settings for the VPN connection but differs from the
> /var/run/resolv.conf which is what the system looks to. So DNS looks
> for hosts on the network to which we have connected will fail.
>
> Fortunately, when the VPN is disconnected, the symlink is restored so
> no permanent damage is done. But without DNS lookups for hosts behind
> the firewall, the VPN connection has little value for typical users
> with no technical know-how.
>
> Any chance of a fix?
>
> I am using the latest tun/tap library from
> http://tuntaposx.sourceforge.net/ if that matters. I guess I don't
> know for sure if it's fair to blame the VPN client for the resolv.conf
> file updates.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
Hi Jeff,
The dev of Shrew is on standby...


No sure if you have a fix soon :(

> Jeff
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