Public bug reported: in an initramfs built with mkinitramfs-tools that has been booted with 'ip=' and a dhcp server responded in the dhcp request, you would expect dns to work.
currently it does not. at least part of the issue is that libnss_dns.so is missing. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: initramfs-tools 0.125ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5 Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Aug 31 16:43:05 2017 Ec2AMI: ami-000000e4 Ec2AMIManifest: FIXME Ec2AvailabilityZone: nova Ec2InstanceType: m1.small Ec2Kernel: unavailable Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: initramfs-tools UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: Confirmed ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful ec2-images ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1714308 Title: dns does not work in initramfs after configure_networking missing libnss_dns.so.2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1714308/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs