[Dnsmasq-discuss] BUG: uncaught dhcp-host syntax error DCHP works DNS lookup does not
Frederick C. Damen
fred at damen.org
Sat Oct 16 04:45:24 BST 2010
if a period(.) is used as a separator between the mac address and the
DNS host name in the dhcp-host config file
dhcp-host=00:e0:61:06:1d:b3.jonathan, 192.168.0.64, 12h
DHCP works (albeit no name assigned)
Oct 10 06:33:33 damen dnsmasq-dhcp[6705]: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) 192.168.0.64
00:e0:61:06:1d:b3
Oct 10 06:33:33 damen dnsmasq-dhcp[6705]: DHCPACK(eth0) 192.168.0.64
00:e0:61:06:1d:b3
but DNS lookup does not
# dig @192.168.0.1 jonathan
; <<>> DiG 9.7.1-P2-RedHat-9.7.1-2.P2.fc13 <<>> @192.168.0.1 jonathan
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 52205
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;jonathan. IN A
;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.1#53(192.168.0.1)
;; WHEN: Fri Oct 15 22:13:16 2010
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 26
All with no mention of a syntax error in /var/log/messages or
log-facility file.
Changing the period(.) to a comma(,) fixes the problem.
though you might want to know,
Fred
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