[Dnsmasq-discuss] client name via DHCP

Helmut Hullen Hullen at t-online.de
Thu Feb 10 18:17:00 GMT 2011


Hallo, Richard,

Du meintest am 10.02.11:


>> when I use the ISC DHCP, then I can see the name of the Windows
>> client in "/var/state/dhcp/dhcp.leases".
>>
>> With dnsmasq as DNS and DHCP server I haven't found this feature -
>> is it somewhere hidden?

> near the bottom of the dnsmasq man page you will find the following
> section:

> FILES*/etc/dnsmasq.conf*

> */usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf*

> */etc/resolv.conf*

> */etc/hosts*

> */etc/ethers*

> */var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases*

> */var/db/dnsmasq.leases*

> */var/run/dnsmasq.pid*

Thank you!

And into which of these files does dnsmasq write the client's name (the  
name the client presents when it asks for an IP adress)?

I haven't yet found any such name in any of these files, and I haven't  
yet found an option or switch to make dnsmasq more verbose in this  
special case.

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut



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