I have found a work-around for 14.04 LTS. It's not the prettiest one but it works. When I started a vpn connection and then ran ps -efwww | grep vpn I could see that the openvpn is already called with flags "--script-security 2 --up /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper". So the following can be performed.
sudo cp /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper.orig sudo nano /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper --- Add the following 3 lines to the file. --- #!/bin/bash /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf $@ /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper.orig $@ --- End--- sudo chmod +x /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper Now here is the really ugly part. Since openvpn was not called with the --down flag, you should run the following command every single time the vpn connection is closed. Change the device name according to your connection settings. sudo script_type=down dev=tun0 /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvpn in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1211110 Title: network manager openvpn dns push data not updating system DNS addresses To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1211110/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
