[Dnsmasq-discuss] Too many logs produced when using a lot of “server=/domain/nameserver” config entires

[Simon Kelley]

I just committed some code to limit these logs, if there are more than
30 servers, only the first 30 are logged, followed by a single line
which gives the number not logged. The 30 was a reasonable default, it's
changeable in src/config.h

Does that seem like a good solution?


Cheers,

Simon.


On 12/04/16 14:58, s wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> In China some of us use dnsmasq to resolv all domestic domains from local
> nameservers, but anything else from other more secure nameservers, e.g. via VPN
> tunnel or dnscrypt. We have a list of 20k+ local domains, which is translated
> into 20k+ lines of config file[1].
> 
> Dnsmasq works just fine in this configuration. Memory footprint and query speed
> are still very good. But it produces too many logs. In fact it produce a log
> entry for each of these “server=/.../.../” lines every time it starts/reloads.
> The logs look like
> 
>> using nameserver 223.6.6.6#53 for domain youxiwangguo.com
> 
> I have went through doc and source code, but there is no option to disable these
> logs. I can filter the logs, but it is not very ideal, and I will have to do
> that for both rsyslog and journald.
> 
> Can dnsmasq itself make some changes or add a config option to disable/reduce
> these logs?
> 
> 1. https://github.com/felixonmars/dnsmasq-china-list
> 
> See also https://github.com/felixonmars/dnsmasq-china-list/issues/124, which I
> reported.
> 
> Best regards,
> sopium
> 
> 
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