[Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp-ignore ignoring /etc/ethers entry

[jsb]

Hello,I am trying to use dnsmasq for dhcp service in cobbler provisioning tool. I am dynamically adding new mac address-ip pair to /etc/ethers file. Everything works fine from end to end , that is , it leases ip address to the mac address and the machine gets provisioned with an image. However, when I add --dhcp-ignore=tag:!known entry to dnsmasq.conf, then, the machines that get added in /etc/ethers are getting IGNORED. The documentation says it should consider machines in /etc/ethers as known machines.I do need this dhcp-ignore, because, of the following reasons:1) I do not want my dnsmasq not to lease out ip addresses to unknown machines2) Known machines are dynamically added to /etc/ethers file and i do not want to restart dnsmasq everytime i add a new machine.
I am using ubuntu 14.04 and dnsmasq 2.68.
If i restart dnsmasq, then, it considers /etc/ethers as known machines and leases out ip address. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,Jay

  
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