[Dnsmasq-discuss] Error returning query result from FreeBSD jail

[Simon Kelley]

On 11/04/12 18:30, David Nelson wrote:
> Hi,
> I have been trying to get dnsmasq 2.60.1 working on my FreeNAS server
> within a FreeBSD 8.2 jail without any luck.
>
> Dnsmasq is able to receive requests, resolve them either by the local
> hosts file or external dns servers but then it can't reply back to the
> enquirer.
>
> Running in --no-daemon the logs for a local lookup look like this:
>
> dnsmasq: started, version 2.60 cachesize 150
> dnsmasq: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus i18n IDN DHCP
> DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack
> dnsmasq: reading /etc/resolv.conf
> dnsmasq: using nameserver 212.23.6.100#53
> dnsmasq: using nameserver 212.23.3.100#53
> dnsmasq: read /etc/hosts - 5 addresses
> dnsmasq: query[A] athena from 192.168.x.104
> dnsmasq: /etc/hosts athena is 192.168.x.6
> dnsmasq: failed to send packet: Invalid argument
> dnsmasq: query[A] www.google.com from 192.168.x.104
> dnsmasq: cached www.google.com is <CNAME>
> dnsmasq: cached www.l.google.com is 209.85.147.105
> dnsmasq: cached www.l.google.com is 209.85.147.104
> dnsmasq: cached www.l.google.com is 209.85.147.103
> dnsmasq: cached www.l.google.com is 209.85.147.99
> dnsmasq: cached www.l.google.com is 209.85.147.147
> dnsmasq: cached www.l.google.com is 209.85.147.106
> dnsmasq: failed to send packet: Invalid argument
>
> Running dnsmasq with a simple config or defaults makes no difference,
> it's a fairly bare environment but I do have other servers running in
> the jail which have no issues, I'm out of clue, could anyone provide some?
>

As an experiment, try the --bind-interfaces dnsmasq flag.

Cheers,

Simon.