[Dnsmasq-discuss] error: not giving name to the DHCP lease because the name exists in /etc/hosts

[isidore.leroux at free.fr]

Dear all

I have been trying to resolve that issue for the past 2 days.

I am using dnsmasq for dns and dhcp, and using the hosts file to statically assigned ip to known hosts.

It doesn't work with the following error message:

"not giving name myhost.example.com to the DHCP lease of 192.168.0.121 because the name exists in /etc/hosts with address 192.168.0.7"

I have cleared the leases file.

If I had the host in the conf file, it works:

"dhcp-host=myhost,192.168.0.7"

/etc/dnsmasq.conf

#***************************************************
listen-address=127.0.0.1
listen-address=192.168.0.1

server=127.0.0.1 #dnsmasq
server=208.67.222.222 #OpenDNS
server=208.67.220.220 #OpenDNS

interface=eno2
port=53
bind-interfaces
dhcp-authoritative

domain=example.com
local=/example.com/

dhcp-option=eno2,3,192.168.0.1 # gateway
dhcp-option=eno2,6,192.168.0.1 # DNS
dhcp-range=eno2,192.168.0.100,192.168.0.254,24h # DHCP

domain-needed
expand-hosts

no-poll
no-resolv
bogus-priv
#***************************************************

/etc/hosts

#***************************************************
192.168.0.7  myhost
#***************************************************

Thanks