Using dnsmasq with NetworkManager

I’ve decided to try using local DNS caching again, using the simple dnsmasq. The problem is that, even including

prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;

in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf, NetworkManager will overwrite /etc/resolv.conf, and remove

nameserver 127.0.0.1

from there. I found out in a comment here, that I could create a script in /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ to make this line be included in the file. The script is simple

#!/bin/sh

set -e

cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.tmp
echo nameserver 127.0.0.1 > /etc/resolv.conf
cat /etc/resolv.conf.tmp >> /etc/resolv.conf
rm /etc/resolv.conf.tmp

and it’s working

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