# Pritunl fails if started without systemd-resolved or resolvconf

**URL:** <https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-fails-if-started-without-systemd-resolved-or-resolvconf/3434>\
**Category:** Pritunl\
**Tags:** pritunl-client\
**Created:** [July 21, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-fails-if-started-without-systemd-resolved-or-resolvconf/3434 "2025-07-21T10:18:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![niewiadomoco](https://forum.pritunl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@niewiadomoco](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/niewiadomoco)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-fails-if-started-without-systemd-resolved-or-resolvconf/3434/1 "2025-07-21T10:18:27Z")

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I encountered an error in your software (which I feel should be either detected before application starts or when connecting to VPN).

So if you have a system - for example: freshly installed Arch - that doesn’t have **systemd-resolved** enabled or any software that implements **resolvconf**. Connecting to any VPN will work, but you won’t be able to reach any resources through it.

In my example: I was using only **NetworkManager**.

While the fix on my side was quite simple - just enable systemd-resolved. I feel like this app should detect it and not [silently ignore it](https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client/blob/master/data/scripts/update-resolv-conf.sh#L34).

The least you can do, is to report it in the logs.

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**Author:** ![zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/user_avatar/forum.pritunl.com/zach/32/1105_2.png) [@zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/zach)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-fails-if-started-without-systemd-resolved-or-resolvconf/3434/2 "2025-07-21T21:06:19Z")

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That’s only needed for the DNS configuration, the network access will still work if the systems current DNS server is available.

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**Author:** ![niewiadomoco](https://forum.pritunl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@niewiadomoco](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/niewiadomoco)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-fails-if-started-without-systemd-resolved-or-resolvconf/3434/3 "2025-07-22T11:08:42Z")

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Well, not being able to apply DNS configuration should raise an error. Or at least write something to log file.