[Dnsmasq-discuss] 2.43rc4

[Helmut Hullen]

Hallo, Simon,

Du meintest am 10.07.08 zum Thema [Dnsmasq-discuss] 2.43rc4:

> I've put

> http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/release-candidates/dnsmasq-2.43r
> c4.tar.gz

> in place.

Compiling works well (Slackware 12.1, Kernel 2.6.25.2).

http://arktur.shuttle.de/CD/5.0/Patches/dnsmasq-2.43rc4-i486-1hln.tgz

(Works under Slackware 11.0, 12.0 and 12.1)

It runs on one machine without any warning, on another machine (same  
Slackware, same Kernel) it tells "setting capabilities failed: ..."
Same failure on a machine with Slackware 11 and Kernel 2.6.22.6

Kernel 2.6.25.2 compiling options (home brewed kernel):

CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y
CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES=y


Adding the option "-d" in the "start" sequence in "/etc/rc.d/rc.dnsmasq"  
avoids the message (and presumably the error), but that's no solution.

Adding "--user=root" is another quick but dirty solution.

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There is a problem with the dnsmasq options, still (stopping instead of  
overwriting if there is some option defined twice).

But it may be a more slackware related problem - slackware doesn't  
delete the *.new configuration files, and "dnsmasq" reads every file  
under the "conf-dir=xyz" subdirectory (where I put my special local  
configuration files).
I'll clear that problem on my side.

Putting options in the command line is no good advice at least for  
slackware: "/etc/rc.d/rc.dnsmasq start" has no place for such options.

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut