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Hello,
can someone please explain me why is Sabnzbd forcing usage of Google DNS server to resolve usenet server? Shouldn't it use default system DNS?
Thank you

What makes you think SAB uses Google's DNS?

tcpdump -i docker0 dst port 53
15:38:03.090188 IP 172.17.0.2.36465 > dns.google.domain: 49882+ [1au] AAAA? news-eu.newshosting.com. (52)
15:38:08.092279 IP 172.17.0.2.49125 > dns.google.domain: 41662+ [1au] A? news-eu.newshosting.com. (52)
15:38:13.096100 IP 172.17.0.2.53754 > dns.google.domain: 41662+ [1au] A? news-eu.newshosting.com. (52)
15:38:18.100091 IP 172.17.0.2.49125 > dns.google.domain: 41662+ [1au] A? news-eu.newshosting.com. (52)
15:38:23.105187 IP 172.17.0.2.53754 > dns.google.domain: 41662+ [1au] A? news-eu.newshosting.com. (52)

And the fact that my firewall (OPNsense) reports it too. And the fact they never come in on my Pi-hole.
Docker host is set to Pi-hole.
172.17.0.2 is the SABnzbd Docker.

Ah, within docker. If you go into docker (docker excec /bin/sh), and do a host / nslookup from the CLI, ... does it use Google DNS ... ?

If so, it's a docker OS thing.

The other way around: SAB is open source and scripted ... so if it would use a Google DNS, you should be able to find it in the source code ... Did you check that?

Not so much a Linux guy... I an in the Docker shell, but there is no tcpdump, so not sure what further.
But, if that helps, no other containers do that.

Unfortunately, I have nothing to do with scripting or programming. I just wanted to point out, that's all, if at all someone wants to take a look at that.

Your question "can someone please explain me why is Sabnzbd forcing usage of Google DNS server to resolve usenet server?" contains a statement, so I assumed you checked it yourself before stating that.

Now it's a bit like "Have you stopped beating your wife?'. Quite hard to answer. Ah, wikipedia tells that's a Loaded Question. TIL.

Better:
Q: "Does SABnzbd force use Google DNS".
A: No

The underlying OS handles DNS requests. In case of Docker: the Docker DNS settings. You can check them yourself. Hint /etc/resolv.conf

Or ... can you ask the creator of your Docker image.

Wasn't meant to be misunderstood. It was clear to me, but apparently shot in the wrong direction.
Thanks, will look into that.