[Dnsmasq-discuss] [PATCH] Do not set resolv.conf to 127.0.0.1 if port=0

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Tue Apr 11 14:21:29 BST 2017


Patch applied.

Cheers,

Simon.



On 01/04/17 22:27, Floris Bos wrote:
> dnsmasq's startup script seems to assume users always want to use
> dnsmasq as local DNS resolver, and tells resolvconf to put
> "nameserver 127.0.0.1" in /etc/resolv.conf
> The problem with this is that if users just want to use dnsmasq
> as DHCP server, and put port=0 in /etc/dnsmasq.conf to disable
> the DNS functionality, they end up with broken name resolving.
> 
> Put a basic check in the startup script that skips resolvconf
> configuration if a line starting with port=0 is in /etc/dnsmasq.conf
> This doesn't cover all cases (e.g. configuration could also be in
>  different file in /etc/dnsmasq.d), but is better than current
> situation.


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