[Dnsmasq-discuss] Strange query-ports and server options dependencies

[Simon Kelley]

Pieter Hollants wrote:
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> dnsmasq 2.35:
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> If I specify
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>  query-port=53
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> it is no longer sufficient to specify
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>  server=10.240.0.254
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> because this yields a
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>  dnsmasq[28893]: ignoring nameserver 10.240.0.254 - cannot make/bind
> socket: Permission denied
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> error.
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> I must then specify the server using an explicit interface IP as in
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>  server=10.240.0.254 at 10.240.0.1
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> Why is that?
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> If I omit the "query-port" directive the result is
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>  dnsmasq[28421]: using nameserver 10.240.0.254#53
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> so apparantly the same.
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Which version are you using? I can't reproduce this error in the latest 
code. (I do get "address already in use" errors, which makes sense: 
dnsmasq is listening for queries on port 53, so it needs to listen for 
replies from upstream on a different port.)

Cheers,

Simon.