[Dnsmasq-discuss] Problem with dhcp-optsfile

[Simon Kelley]

Don Muller wrote:
> I have the following dhcp options in my dnsmasq.conf file:
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>  
> 
> dhcp-option=option:router,192.168.22.252                          # set
> router address (3)
> 
> dhcp-option=option:dns-server,192.168.22.244                 # set dns
> server address (6)
> 
> dhcp-option=option:domain-name,djmuller.com             # set domain
> name (15)
> 
> dhcp-option=option:ntp-server,192.168.22.250                 # set time
> server (42)
> 
> dhcp-option=option:netbios-ns,192.168.22.244                 # set
> netbios-over-TCP/IP nameserver(s) aka WINS server(s) (44)
> 
> dhcp-option=option:netbios-nodetype,8                             #
> netbios node type (46)
> 
>  
> 
> They work fine with no problems. I decided to move them to their own
> file using dhcp-optsfile=. When I restarted dnsmasq I received the
> following errors in the log file:
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>  
> 
> Feb 26 10:05:19 dnsmasq[10052]: bad dhcp-option at line 3 of
> /share/MD0_DATA/apps/config/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-dhcp-options.conf
> 
> Feb 26 10:05:19 dnsmasq[10052]: bad dhcp-option at line 4 of
> /share/MD0_DATA/apps/config/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-dhcp-options.conf
> 
> Feb 26 10:05:19 dnsmasq[10052]: bad dhcp-option at line 5 of
> /share/MD0_DATA/apps/config/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-dhcp-options.conf
> 
> Feb 26 10:05:19 dnsmasq[10052]: bad dhcp-option at line 6 of
> /share/MD0_DATA/apps/config/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-dhcp-options.conf
> 
> Feb 26 10:05:19 dnsmasq[10052]: bad dhcp-option at line 7 of
> /share/MD0_DATA/apps/config/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-dhcp-options.conf
> 
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> 
> The first two lines  in the dhcp-optsfile are comments.
> 
>  
> 
> Why do these lines work in the dnsmasq.conf file but not in the
> dhcp-optsfile? What am I doing wrong?
> 
>  
Remove "dhcp-option="  from the start of each line.


Cheers,

Simon.