[Dnsmasq-discuss] how to avoid reading /etc/dnsmasq.conf

[Simon Kelley]

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This is a bug in 2.73. Either downgrade to 2.72, or (better) apply


http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=90cb2225515faae2ca53bb6ff76a348fc6f1c403

Cheers,

Simon.


On 07/07/15 10:21, Kristian Lein-Mathisen wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm using dnsmasq for bootstrapping our embedded linux device, and
> dnsmasq is working really great.
> 
> However, I cannot seem to be able to avoid dnsmasq reading the 
> configuration file from /etc/dnsmasq.conf and use _only_ my
> command-line arguments. Lets say you have this:
> 
> $ cat /etc/dnsmasq.conf tftp-root=/bad/path enable-tftp
> 
> $ dnsmasq -tftp-root=/good/path dnsmasq: TFTP directory /bad/path
> inaccessible: No such file or directory
> 
> $ # this doesn't work either: $ dnsmasq --conf-file=""
> -tftp-root=/good/path dnsmasq: TFTP directory /bad/path
> inaccessible: No such file or directory
> 
> $ dnsmasq --version Dnsmasq version 2.73  Copyright (c) 2000-2015
> Simon Kelley Compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus no-i18n
> no-IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack ipset auth DNSSEC
> loop-detect inotify
> 
> Why does the conf-file take presedence over command-line args? Why
> does it try to read /etc/dnsmasq.conf even though I'm giving it an
> empty filename for a conf-file?
> 
> Thanks for any pointers! K.
> 
> 
> 
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