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Ubuntu 23.10 "Temporary failure in name resolution"

Recently my Ubuntu server has started giving me "Temporary failure in name resolution" when using ping or apt update. The server is plugged in via Ethernet and I haven't had any DNS issues ...
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Is it safe to uninstall resolvconf if ubuntu >= 18.04?

I recently installed an ubuntu 20.04 for testing, and noticed it did not have resolvconf installed on it. Going over the changelogs of Ubuntu, it seems this is part of Ubuntu 18: https://wiki.ubuntu....
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wsl2: resolv.conf stubbornly being regenerated [duplicate]

My /etc/wsl.conf: [network] generateResolvConf = false And yet my /etc/resolv.conf continues to regenerate. I specify: nameserver 8.8.8.8 Only to find it changed to: # This file was automatically ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 is connected to internet, but cannot open any website in the browser

HELP!!! everything was ok until I went to the office and connected my laptop to the Wi-Fi. then I came home and everything was destroyed! My Ubuntu is connected to wifi, and the ping of 8.8.8.8 is ok, ...
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Should I edit resolv.conf?

I am using U20 LTS, our Search Domain changed. I did change that in netplan Config but when I grep for old domain in /etc there is still the old one in resolv.conf. In the file it says I shouldn't ...
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DNS resolve sometimes connection timed out

Good day to all. Made a command: nslookup kafka.zxc.stage @dns1.prod And sometimes I get an answer - ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached For example, when I run a command every second,...
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something wont allow me to reach websites

I'm connected to WiFi but can't reach web pages, Firefox returns error: Having trouble finding that site. Can't connect to server at github.com (and all other sites I've tried to open). I tried ...
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Resolv.conf is out of control

I have tried God knows how many ways to resolve this and get it under control, but, it doesnt seem to take. I only want the single nameserver in there as 10.0.0.8. Can someone please help. I have ...
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Configuring the DNS client

I use WiFi to connect my Ubuntu os running on a Macbook Air to my router. In order to send traffic, I went to configure its network interface by entering the code: sudo ifconfig wlp3s0 192.168.1.10 ...
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Ubuntu22 DNS broken after power short

After a blackout, I had to fsck the partition to be able to login. After that, the clock was a few hours off, which caused the internet not to work. Eventually I got the time correct, but the internet ...
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Old IP displayed in route table after Ubuntu image clone on new server

I have cloned an existing Ubuntu image off of our AWS server, upgraded to 20.04, and am trying to configure the connection to the outside world. I've been running into a lot issues on the frontend ...
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Temporary failure in name resolution Ubuntu 22.04 -> 22.10

I recently upgraded from 22.04 to 22.10. Now I get a 'Temporary failure in name resolution' when I try to ping a domain name a $sudo resolvectl status shows this for eth0: Link 3 (eth0) Current Scopes:...
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How to prevent warp-cli from overwriting /etc/resolv.conf file

Whenever I connect with warp-cli, it always generates a new resolv.conf file, as a result, if I ever disconnect from warp-cli I lose my internet connection, even though ping 8.8.8.8 and ping localhost ...
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Ubuntu DNS nameserver

I am new to Ubuntu, and i have a ubuntu workstation installed with ubuntu 20.04. I edited the \etc\resolv.config file previously and add nameservers 8.8.8.8 and nameservers 1.1.1.1. Now i need to add ...
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resolv.h not found in Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)

Just wanted to know where is this resolv.h configuration file is located in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish release. I can able to find resolv.h and res_state.h in RHEL / Fedora distros but cannot ...
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bind9, system-resolved and avahi

I've set bind9 with DDNS and following the advice to disable systemd-resolved. All works fine so far. I need to use avahi, but avahi complaining about missing /etc/resolv.conf (normally generated by ...
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"resolvectl dns" gives empty output

I do on my VPS with Ubuntu 22 server (new, clean setup): root@vm905709:~# resolvectl dns ens3 Link 2 (ens3): root@vm905709:~# (BTW, I did it on the same VPS with Debian and it was the same.) And ...
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Temporary failure in name resolution, Ping not working, Missing /etc/resolv.conf

$ ping google.com ping: google.com: Temporary failure in name resolution So I checked for /etc/resolv.conf but its missing $ ll /etc/resolv.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Jul 31 2020 /etc/resolv....
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How to fix failing name resolution

I have a quite new Kubuntu installation and I messed its name resolution up somehow. root @ asus-f751s ~ # host www.ecosia.org ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 temporary failure in name resolution

I have this problem when I try to connect to the internet. The real problem is that I want to update my system, then I realized that I can't access the internet. I modified my resolv.conf file by ...
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Ubuntu internet error After Upgrade to 20 from 18 [duplicate]

I just made an upgrade on my ubuntu from ubuntu 18 to ubuntu 20 now I cant even ping google.com in my server and i have added 8.8.8.8 to my nameserver but i still get the issues. ping google.com: ...
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Ubuntu 22.04: The DNS Cache Problem [closed]

INTRO: I'm sure quite a few people have run into problems with DNS caching. There are plenty of hints and tips for flushing DNS cache in Ubuntu, and the more rare info about disabling it altogether. ...
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Netplan nameservers settings not used without resolv.conf entry

I read here that you're usually not supposed to edit resolv.conf, since it is managed by other services. The server is running Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. However, the DNS on my server is not working unless I ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS /etc/resolv.conf is getting overwritten after either netplan apply or server reboot and not able access DNS

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS /etc/resolv.conf is getting overwritten after either netplan apply or server reboot. We are not using networkmanager. We did the following changes not sure if this will help: sudo ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 resolv.conf/DNS problem, cannot access internet

My Ubuntu 22.04 computer was working fine. Somehow it crashed, upon reboot, I could not access the internet. Network works fine, able to access other network devices. I traced the issue to what I ...
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`resolvconf` changing current DNS. Netplan stict using nameserver

I need to have my own DNS server in the corporate. I have the following config set for netplan: network: version: 2 renderer: NetworkManager ethernets: eno1: dhcp4: yes ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 has internet and wifi but dns probe finished gives bad config error

I get this error every time I turn on the computer. enter image description here sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service every time i run this command it changes the etc/resolv.conf file ...
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using the value from resolv.conf in a config file

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) generates as new resolv.conf file on every reboot with the content like so nameserver 123.45.67.8 in the ~/.bashrc file, I am using this value like below so that ...
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Default search domain for /etc/resolv.conf

With systemd-resolved, where does DOMAINS in search come from? /etc/systemd/resolved.conf [Resolve] DNS=1.1.1.1 Domains=lan /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 127.0.0.53 search lan DOMAINS <---- lan is ...
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wrong DNS resolution

I have 2 servers with similar configuration but one of them give me different result from a nslookup command The first one is working correctly and here is the answer I have: Server: 8.8.8.8 ...
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resolv.conf file errors [duplicate]

I'm very new to Ubuntu (20.4.4) and for a few days now I can't connect to the internet. Well, I can get a WIFI connection, but there's no internet. After digging I think I traced it back to my resolv....
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Ubuntu DNS doesn't failover to the secondary when primary can't resolve?

I'm running an Ubuntu 18.04 in our company. I tried to implement dual DNS server in our LAN. DNS1: 192.168.1.1 (BIND9), DNS2: 192.168.1.2 (dnsmasq) Here is the config file in the client: ### cat ...
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Where is the resolvconf database, and how to reset it?

I am running Ubuntu 21.10 Desktop. For my work, I have to jump between different VPNs, and in the past I had to adjust DNS nameservers for some of them, too. I did this just with editing my /etc/...
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Ubuntu 21.10: Problems with Internet access / DNS

The question is partly a duplicate of multiple questions, but since I don't have enough reputation for commenting, this is my take on trying to understand the issue and prevent it from repeating. So, ...
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How do I script resolve.conf to force only a specific url to use a DNS in Ubuntu 21.10

Here is my current /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head file in Ubuntu 21.10 # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR ...
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nameserver goes missing from /etc/resolv.conf

I have a problem where the line nameserver 8.8.8.8 just disappears from my /etc/resolv.conf. This might happen every few days or so and I haven't noticed anything that would be linked to this issue. ...
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Ubuntu Server 20.04.3 LTS 00-installer-config.yaml or resolv.conf for DNS settings

So I'm freaking confused. I'm trying to specify local DNS servers for our domain. This Ubuntu Server 20.04.3 doesn't use the old interfaces file. I configured the yaml file for netplan, # This ...
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Why is DNS Resolution failing when default gateway is changed to backup circuit?

We have a strange problem that I hope someone can help with. We have a building that has a fiber circuit and a backup Comcast circuit (coax). The system is setup like this: Fiber NID (cat6 cable to ...
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Changing DNS nameservers with systemd-resolve doesn't persist

let me start by saying that I'm not sure whether I'm running Ubuntu server or Ubuntu desktop, that being said, my 'server' is running on a VPS. Here is the output of lsb_release -a: No LSB modules are ...
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/etc/resolv.conf not getting properly regenerated after VPN disconnect

I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS. After booting, and before connecting to my VPN, my /etc/resolv.conf looks like this: # This file is managed by man:systemd-resolved(8). Do not edit. # # This is a ...
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Why do two Ubuntu systems in the same network behave differently in DNS resolution?

EDIT (tl;dr) I seem to have identified part of the problem here, as at least the differences in /etc/resolv.conf and related files are gone. But I still cannot connect via WiFi, so other difference ...
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Make /etc/resolv.conf changes permanent in WSL 2

On WSL 2, when I try to connect to a website, I get an issue: $ ping www.google.com ping: www.google.com: Temporary failure in name resolution Now, to fix this, I had to add /etc/wsl.conf with this ...
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How can I tell what app, script, or service is responsible for changing resolv.conf?

I am aware that DNS and other name resolution is controlled most proximately by /etc/resolv.conf, and that resolvconf / resolvectl / systemd-resolve is most proximately responsible for the contents of ...
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How to permanently save the content of /etc/resolv.conf

As I mentioned in the title, ctrl+s doesn't permanently save the content of that file, if I rebooted my machine I lost all the configuration I did in there, an help, please.
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accidentally modified /etc/resolv.conf and now cannot acces the Internet

I'm using ubuntu 18.04 on my dell inspiron 5402.I was annoyed about frequently getting a question mark on that wifi icon,so I followed some method on the Internet and unfortunately got this problem. ...
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“Connect: Network is unreachable” when pinging 8.8.8.8

I installed lubuntu 18.04 onto my Windows 10 laptop, but I am unable to ping 8.8.8.8. Here are my specs for my computer: Architecture: i686 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order: Little Endian ...
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Abnormal DNS output

Why does dnsleaktest.com find previous DNS address/multiple new DNS addresses? Now I decided to try a new one and to my surprise the dnsleaktest.com gives me three diferent outputs as I check my DNS - ...
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Local resolver with PowerDNS and Ubuntu 20.04

I installed PowerDNS as authoritative server for my domain. I had to remove systemd-resolved package for the installation of pdns-server and pdns-backend-mysql package. After the installation, my ...
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on 20.04 after a recent upgrade I am unable to clear DNS cache

I recently changed the NS records for a website and when I dig that using online tool such https://toolbox.googleapps.com/apps/dig/#NS/ I can see that it is pointing to the correct place. and even my ...
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Can ping and traceroute but not able to browse certain websites

I can ping and traceroute with the help of mtr -rw but I simply cannot browse certain websites. I have found no common denominator between these websites to understand where the problem lies. The only ...
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