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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nice pod-cast. ;)</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=redbully@cc.fh-luh.de href="mailto:redbully@cc.fh-luh.de">Jan
'RedBully' Seiffert</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:53
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] resolver
options</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>AJ Weber wrote:<BR>> If I use a "different" resolv.conf file
(i.e. I use a<BR>> resolv-file=/etc/resolv.dnsmasq), will an "option" have
the same<BR>> effect it normally would?<BR>> <BR>Looking at the source
(network.c, reload_servers()@536), i would say no.<BR><BR>> For example,
I'm considering changing timeout to 2 (instead of the<BR>> default of 5),
because I've had some issues with my ISP's DNS servers<BR>> recently and
don't want to wait too long for the timeout. With the<BR>> broadband
connection, any of the nameservers in my list consistenly<BR>> returns in
< 1 sec (when they're up, of course).<BR>> <BR>> Will this have the
desired effect? Any comments or concerns with<BR>> that change in
general? Am I misunderstanding the purpose of the<BR>> "options
timeout:" ?<BR>> <BR>Hmmmm, must read up on this...<BR><BR><BR>>
ALSO...(DIFFERENT TOPIC) : Is there no way to tell dnsmasq to dump<BR>>
it's current lease-info to a file that could be read on restart so it<BR>>
knows about all outstanding DHCP leases? It's rare that I have
to<BR>> restart dnsmasq or the linux box it's on, but when I do, it forces
me<BR>> to restart a lot of client machines in case I'd get a dhcp/IP
address<BR>> mix-up (where dnsmasq doesn't know an IP Address is already
leased to<BR>> a running client, and a new client requests a lease so it
hands-out<BR>> the same address).<BR>> <BR>Huh?<BR>/me scratches his
head.<BR>Normaly you don't need any dump-file-flag, because dnsmasq maintains
a<BR>lease-file (there is even a special option for these WRT SOHO router,
to<BR>keep it in battery backed RAM, because the FS is ro).<BR><BR>Mine is
placed in /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases and works(TM).<BR><BR>Maybe there is a
problem with file permissions and such things.<BR>You may want to take a look
at the "dhcp-leasefile"-option (-l on the<BR>cmd-line). It's also possible
that either you have set "leasefile-ro"<BR>(-9 on the cmd-line) or the
isc-leasefile code interference with it.<BR><BR>> Thanks in advance,
AJ<BR>> <BR>Greetings<BR>Jan<BR><BR>-- <BR>pod* a;<BR>pott* b;<BR>a = (pod
*)b;<BR>a real pod cast
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