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by bradfitz 1464 days ago
It only messes with /etc/resolv.conf if you did `--accept-dns` and don't have systemd-resolved, which nowadays is much more common.

Linux DNS is a clusterfun: https://tailscale.com/blog/sisyphean-dns-client-linux/

But, yeah, without systemd-resolved Linux DNS is a fight for the death between uncooperating processes. NetworkManager is okay but there are a dozen buggy variants in the wild we have to work around.

Linux is by far the worst platform for DNS config.

I totally recommend systemd-resolved. It's the only thing that does DNS well on Linux.
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thefilmore 1464 days ago
What about using NSS[1]? You could add a Tailscale provider to the `hosts` entry.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_Service_Switch

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