[Dnsmasq-discuss] Using dhcp-host hostname as address for DNS

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On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 11:25:49PM +0200, gabriel wrote:
> On 07/29/2012 06:39 PM, Simon Kelley wrote:
> > On 26/07/12 13:31, gabriel wrote:
> >> My question is whether it would be possible to have a single 
> >> line config statement for mac-ip-hostname mapping.
> >> But I want to have the DNS entries permanently preserved resp. 
> >> dns mappings without prior dhcp ip negotiation. Actually this 
> >> means I don't want DNS to be dynamic.
> >>
> >> Is this somehow configurable?
> > 
> > Yes. Put the hostname<->IP address mapping in /etc/hosts and the 
> > mac_address<->hostname mappings in /etc/dnsmasq.conf in dhcp-host 
> > lines.
> > 
> > 
> > so: in /etc/hosts
> > 
> > 1.2.3.4 myhost
> > 
> > in /etc/dnsmasq.conf
> > 
> > dhcp=host=00:11:22:33:44:55,myhost
> 
> So this means that I can't maintain my hosts in a single file with 
> only one statement?

Single statement, not that I know of.

Single file, sure. See "-A, --address" in the man page.

in /etc/dnsmasq.conf :

dhcp=host=00:11:22:33:44:55,myhost
address=/myhost/1.2.3.4
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