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

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On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:25:55PM +0530, Mohit Chawla wrote:
> 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.

Right. I like using a dnsmasq.d directory for things like that, where 
records for a specific purpose are in their own modular file:
    conf-dir=/etc/dnsmasq.d
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