[Dnsmasq-discuss] Dnsmasq 2.55 does not seem to read /etc/hosts

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Mon Oct 4 17:18:53 BST 2010


Hai Nguyen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've recently upgraded dnsmasq for my dhcp server from version 2.47 to 
> 2.55. Version 2.55 does not seem to read /etc/hosts, which was not 
> changed in the upgrade.
>> root at debbox:~# cat /etc/hosts
>> 127.0.0.1       localhost localhost.localdomain
>> # This is the hostname, do not clobber unless you also update the system's
>> # hostname; sipsak depends on this setting being correct
>> 127.0.1.1       debbox
>>
>> # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
>> ::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
>> fe00::0 ip6-localnet
>> ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
>> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
>> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
>> ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
>>
>> 192.168.50.1 fidqxo6nuyys29t2j70k.cpe.myserver.net myserver.local 
>> myserver.gui
> 
> On a dhcp client, with
> 
>> root at my-desktop:~# ifconfig
>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:55:64:81:7c
>>              inet addr:192.168.50.225  Bcast:192.168.50.255  
>> Mask:255.255.255.0
>>              * * * * * *
>> root at my-desktop:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf
>> # Generated by NetworkManager
>> nameserver 192.168.50.1
> For version 2.47,
>> root at my-desktop:~# traceroute fidqxo6nuyys29t2j70k.cpe.myserver.net
>> traceroute to fidqxo6nuyys29t2j70k.cpe.myserver.net (192.168.50.1), 30 
>> hops max, 60 byte packets
>>  1  fidqxo6nuyys29t2j70k.cpe.myserver.net (192.168.50.1)  0.265 ms  
>> 0.597 ms  0.579 ms
> 
> For version 2.55,
>> root at my-desktop:~# traceroute 
>> fidqxo6nuyys29t2j70k.cpe.myserver.nettraceroute to 
>> fidqxo6nuyys29t2j70k.cpe.myserver.net (209.62.20.188), 30 hops max, 60 
>> byte packets
>>    1  192.168.50.1 (192.168.50.1)  2.208 ms  2.184 ms  2.177 ms
>>    * * * * * *
> Thanks,
> 
> Hai.
> 
>
There's been not deliberate change, and any change that gross would have
been noticed long ago, there must be something more subtle happening.

What is the result of running

dig fidqxo6nuyys29t2j70k.cpe.myserver.net

When dnsmasq starts up, what does it log?


Cheers,

Simon.



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