[Dnsmasq-discuss] ptr records - different behavior on CentOS and Debian ?

[Mohit Chawla]

Hi,

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:25 PM, /dev/rob0 <rob0 at gmx.co.uk> wrote:

> The hosts(5) file format is far simpler than a DNS zone file or a
> dnsmasq(8) config file. "IP.add.re.ss  name [alias ...]". dnsmasq
> assumes that the presence of a hosts listing for IP.add.re.ss means
> that you want a PTR for "ss.re.add.IP.in-addr.arpa." to have that
> name. You can't put any specific DNS records in there; it's the job
> of dnsmasq to translate hosts into DNS.
>

Cool, thanks ! Then I guess the --ptr-record option is for the dnsmasq
config file instead.
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