[Dnsmasq-discuss] "bad command line options: illegal repeated flag"

[Simon Kelley]

RevRagnarok wrote:
> A friend of mine is having trouble with 2.45, previously had 2.27 
> installed. When it launches from /etc/init.d/dnsmasq, it reports:
> Shutting down dnsmasq:                                     [  OK  ]
> Starting dnsmasq:
> dnsmasq: bad command line options: illegal repeated flag
>                                                          [FAILED]
> 
> The script with the options is below. Has anybody seen this error? 
> Looking at the script, I don't see any flag repeating.
> 

running

sh -x /etc/init.d/dnsmasq

will tell you what's happening.

Cheers,

Simon.