[Dnsmasq-discuss] read /etc/hosts if DNS disabled

[Geert Stappers]

On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 03:35:24PM +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> > On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 07:53:50PM +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> > > I have problems configuring static DHCP using /etc/hosts and /etc/ethers.
> > > It seems that dnsmasq is ignoring /etc/hosts when dns server is disabled
> > > via "-p 0" option.
> > > 
> > > Can anyone confirm?
> > > If I'm right, is this bug or a feature?
> 
> On 21.05.20 15:03, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > Advice: Describe "the problem" better.
> 
> OK.
> 
> the problem is that DHCP clients listed in /etc/ethers will not be given IP
> addreses specified in /etc/hosts when dnsmasq does not run DNS service
> (-p 0), because /etc/hosts is not read in that case.
> 
> the workaround is to run DNS at different port (e.g.  -p 54), so dnsmasq
> reads /etc/hosts and provides IPS configured there do clients from
> /etc/ethers, but I believe /etc/hosts should be read even without DNS,
> unless explicitly disabled.


Acknowledge on version 2 of "problem description".

I partially understand what the expectations are.



Regards
Geert Stappers
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