[Dnsmasq-discuss] 2.43rc4
Simon Kelley
simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Thu Jul 10 13:50:16 BST 2008
Helmut Hullen wrote:
> 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.
Should be fixed in 2.43rc5
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> There is a problem with the dnsmasq options, still (stopping instead of
> overwriting if there is some option defined twice).
>
That's relaxed to allow binary flags to be repeated in 2.43rc5
> 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.
>
>
Cheers,
Simon.
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