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[Openvpn-devel,v2] DNS server documentation update

Message ID 20260430163249.13638-1-gert@greenie.muc.de
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Series [Openvpn-devel,v2] DNS server documentation update |

Commit Message

Gert Doering April 30, 2026, 4:32 p.m. UTC 
  From: Selva Nair <selva.nair@gmail.com>

Change-Id: I53b3f4c60897a1f4dd5efeb6575d525ffb082402
Signed-off-by: Selva Nair <selva.nair@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.com>
Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/1646
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This change was reviewed on Gerrit and approved by at least one
developer. I request to merge it to master.

Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/1646
This mail reflects revision 2 of this Change.

Acked-by according to Gerrit (reflected above):
Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.com>

Comments

Gert Doering May 7, 2026, 7:44 a.m. UTC | #1 
Thanks, this is a very welcome addition / clarification (and for whatever
reason, it tends to get stuck somewhere).

Your patch has been applied to the master and release/2.7 branch (docs).

commit c77d3e90d9d97e5447d35b545f9c8f07bf4c8ce3 (master)
commit f50d2e140beaca82dc6f842f8761606279e0218f (release/2.7)
Author: Selva Nair
Date:   Thu Apr 30 18:32:43 2026 +0200

     DNS server documentation update

     Signed-off-by: Selva Nair <selva.nair@gmail.com>
     Acked-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.com>
     Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/1646
     Message-Id: <20260430163249.13638-1-gert@greenie.muc.de>
     URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg36816.html
     Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>


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kind regards,

Gert Doering
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diff --git a/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst b/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst
index 1664eed..3ad9104 100644
--- a/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst
+++ b/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ 
   DNS server options it must be between 0 and 127. The server id is used
   to group options and also for ordering the list of configured DNS servers;
   lower numbers come first. DNS servers being pushed to a client replace
-  already configured DNS servers with the same server id.
+  already configured DNS servers with the same server id. Only the group of
+  options corresponding to the lowest server id is applied.
 
   The ``address`` option configures the IPv4 and / or IPv6 address(es) of
   the DNS server. Up to eight addresses can be specified per DNS server.
@@ -249,6 +250,19 @@ 
   so that ``--dns`` overrides ``--dhcp-option``. Thus, ``--dns`` can be used today
   to migrate from ``--dhcp-option``.
 
+  Windows only:
+
+  #. If tap-windows6 is in use, dns servers are set by DHCP by default.
+     In this case only ``--dns search-domains`` and ``--dns server n address ..``
+     with the lowest value of ``n`` are interpreted. All other ``--dns`` options
+     are ignored. Use of the dco driver is the recommended way to make use of these
+     new features.
+
+  #. If ``--dns server n resolve-domains`` is in use, the DNS server addresses
+     corresponding to ``n`` are set on the interface only if ``search-domains`` is
+     also specified.  Otherwise these DNS addresses are used only for NRPT rules for
+     split-DNS.
+
 --explicit-exit-notify n
   In UDP client mode or point-to-point mode, send server/peer an exit
   notification if tunnel is restarted or OpenVPN process is exited. In