[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq does not respond correctly on loopback(lo)

richardvoigt at gmail.com richardvoigt at gmail.com
Tue Oct 12 22:17:26 BST 2010


Are you by any chance using localize-queries?

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:52 PM, <fred at damen.org> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I have dnsmasq working using DHCP and DNS fine except that the dnsmasq
> server responds incorrectly on the loopback address, i.e. other computers
> that get ip address(s) (dhcp) and resolve names (DNS) works but resolving
> dns names on the host on which dnsmasq is running indicates the configured
> dns names are unresolvable.
>
> /etc/resole.conf
> nameserver 127.0.0.1
> nameserver xx.xx.xx.xx
>
> /etc/dnsmasq.conf
> ...
> interface=lo
> interface=eth0
> listen-address=127.0.0.1
> ...
>
> /var/log/messages
> ...
> Oct 11 23:32:55 damen dnsmasq[17165]: started, version 2.52 cachesize 150
> Oct 11 23:32:55 damen dnsmasq[17165]: compile time options: IPv6
> GNU-getopt DBus no-I18N DHCP TFTP
> Oct 11 23:32:55 damen dnsmasq-dhcp[17165]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.0.16 --
> 192.168.0.254, lease time 12h
> Oct 11 23:32:55 damen dnsmasq[17165]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
> Oct 11 23:32:55 damen dnsmasq[17165]: using nameserver xx.xx.xx.xx#53 Oct
> 11 23:32:55 damen dnsmasq[17165]: ignoring nameserver 127.0.0.1 - local
> interface
> Oct 11 23:32:55 damen dnsmasq[17165]: read /etc/hosts - 5 addresses ...
>
> ping printer1
> ping: unknown host printer1
>
> dig @192.168.0.1 printer1
> ...
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;printer1.                      IN      A
>
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> printer1.               0       IN      A       192.168.0.101
> ...
>
> dig @127.0.0.1 printer1
> ...
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;printer1.                      IN      A
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> .                       6862    IN      SOA     a.root-servers.net.
> nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2010101101
> 1800 900 604800 86400
> ...
>
> uname -a
> Linux damen.us 2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jul 23 17:14:44 UTC
> 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>
> Any and all help appreciated,
>
> Fred
>
>
>
>
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