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I've created a network namespace in Linux.

I thought there was a resolv.conf file for each namespaces created but it's not the case on my system. I don't have the following path /etc/netns/namespace_name/resolv.conf.. The folder netns doesn't exist.

There is only one resolv.conf (/etc/resolv.conf and another one mirrored in /run/resolv.conf). Any changes in this file affect all network interfaces. Is there a way I can use different DNS for both the host and the namespace?

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You must create directory /etc/netns/_namespace_name_ yourself , and place different version resolv.conf there.

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    Would /etc/netns/namespace-name/resolv.conf be used automatically?
    – CMCDragonkai
    Sep 3, 2015 at 16:00
  • And can this be used for iptables too?
    – CMCDragonkai
    Sep 3, 2015 at 16:08
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    It will be used automatically because the full path above is bind-mounted by ip netns to /etc/resolv.conf, as explained in the man page of ip netns man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/ip-netns.8.html. So from within a given network namespace, /etc/resolv.conf is the per-namespace resolv.conf file if and only if /etc/netns/namespace-name/resolv.conf has been created. Otherwise, an application will see the resolv.conf of the host machine, which might not be the desired behaviour.
    – Ricky Robinson
    Apr 4, 2017 at 14:17

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