[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmaq stops forwarding queries (part 2)

[graham]

Hi,

I seem to have the same problem as Holger Mauermann:

http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2006q2/000754.html

My resolv.conf contains just:
nameserver 127.0.0.1

and my alternative resolv file (/etc/resolv.dnsmasq) defined in
dnsmasq.conf contains:

 # OpenDNS nameservers
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

On initial boot of the server no queries are forwarded to the opendns
servers: it's as if dnsmasq had never read resolv.dnsmasq Touch
resolv.dnsmasq, and everything immediately works correctly. After a
while (not sure of the period, seems to be variable but can be as little
as 30 minutes) dnsmasq again stops forwarding queries; touching the conf
file again immediately restores proper behaviour.

I am running Debian Sarge with the stable version of dnsmasq (2.22, so
quite old). Am running ntpdate, and times are correct. My dnsmasq.conf
file has:

domain-needed
bogus-priv
resolv-file=/etc/resolv.dnsmasq
local=/mynet.net/
interface=eth1
expand-hosts
domain=mynet.net
dhcp-range=192.168.0.20,192.168.0.100,12h
dhcp-host=goofy
dhcp-authoritative # I have gentoo clients...

The log files look just like Holger's..

Since I've only found the one other person reporting this problem I
guess this is something more to do with my setup than with dnsmasq, but
can't work out what. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Graham