[Dnsmasq-discuss] Finding actual DNS server used

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 12:14:42PM +0100, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> > > - read the configuration file(s) dnsmasq uses and find "server="
> > >   lines in it, and read the /etc/resolv* tree, if dnsmasq uses them,
> > >   and that will give the list of servers dnmasq uses at any point in
> > >   time.
> > >   
> > There aren't any! These are systems where dnsmasq is run by Network
> > Manager rather than directly, thus there is no spcific dnsmasq
> > configuration file.
> 
> ... and then the configuration is known from the dnsmasq process command
> line. So let me amend my statement above: "... read the configuration
> options, from the dnsmasq process command line if it contains any, and
> from the configuration file or files if applicable".
> 
    chris at t430$ ps -ef | grep dnsmasq
    nobody    1579  1031  0 Jan14 ?        00:00:01 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq
    --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces
    --pid-file=/var/run/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.pid
    --listen-address=127.0.1.1 --cache-size=0 --conf-file=/dev/null
    --proxy-dnssec --enable-dbus=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.dnsmasq
    --conf-dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d
    chris at t430$ 


... and there's nothing in /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d

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Chris Green