[Dnsmasq-discuss] /etc/hosts query

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Thu Jan 27 09:23:39 GMT 2011


Steve wrote:
> Not a problem, just a query, /etc/hosts on my dnsmasq server looked
> something like this:
> 
> 127.0.0.1     localhost Shuttle
> 192.168.1.4   Shuttle shuttle
> 
> When a client queried 'Shuttle' dnsmasq returned 127.0.0.1.
> 
> I've changed the hosts file:
> 
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> 192.168.1.4    Shuttle shuttle
> 
> and now it works as expected (returns 192.168.1.4)
> 
> Was my hosts file wrong or have I missed something in the config? It
> seems to me that a response of 127.0.0.1 is always going to be wrong.
> 
> Cheers
> Steve
> 

Your /etc/hosts does look odd to me, but if there's a reason to have it
like that, you might like to look at the "localise-queries" dnsmasq
option, which will make dnsmasq's replies rather more sane in this
situation.

Cheers,

Simon.



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