The workaround almost works for me. The only thing is that no matter what I ask, I get the A record for the item as a reply. For example, doing a 'dig zonetransfer.me ns' on Ubuntu 12.10 outside the virtual machine, I get the expected:
-------[snip]------- ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> zonetransfer.me ns ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 42598 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;zonetransfer.me. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: zonetransfer.me. 5689 IN NS ns16.zoneedit.com. zonetransfer.me. 5689 IN NS ns12.zoneedit.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns16.zoneedit.com. 5689 IN A 69.64.68.41 ns12.zoneedit.com. 5635 IN A 209.62.64.46 ;; Query time: 2 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.1.1#53(127.0.1.1) ;; WHEN: Fri Oct 19 14:38:40 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 115 -------[/snip]-------- Inside a virtual machine with natdnshostresolver1 on, the same command yields the utterly unexpected: -------[snip]------- ; <<>> DiG 9.7.0-P1 <<>> zonetransfer.me ns ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 58758 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;zonetransfer.me. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: zonetransfer.me. 3600 IN A 217.147.180.162 ;; Query time: 3 msec ;; SERVER: 10.0.2.3#53(10.0.2.3) ;; WHEN: Fri Oct 19 14:38:54 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 49 -------[/snip]------- A tcpdump on the Ubuntu host says: -------[snip]------- 14:50:24.700197 IP 127.0.0.1.33430 > 127.0.1.1.53: 53611+ A? zonetransfer.me. (33) 14:50:24.701638 IP 127.0.1.1.53 > 127.0.0.1.33430: 53611 1/2/2 A 217.147.180.162 (131) -------[/snip]------- So this seems to be a problem with the NAT engine asking the wrong question. Does anybody have a workaround for this one? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031217 Title: Ubuntu 12.04's use of networkmanager+dnsmasq breaks DNS for virtualbox VMs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1031217/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
