[Dnsmasq-discuss] Is there a way to run dnsmasq in safe mode (no-fail)?

Lonnie Abelbeck lists at lonnie.abelbeck.com
Sun May 23 18:07:06 UTC 2021



> On May 23, 2021, at 12:47 PM, Cyberfusion <wedwards at cyberfusion.nl> wrote:
> 
>> Op 23 mei 2021 om 19:31 heeft Lonnie Abelbeck <lists at lonnie.abelbeck.com> het volgende geschreven:
>> 
>>> On May 23, 2021, at 11:08 AM, Cyberfusion <wedwards at cyberfusion.nl> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Maybe it’s better to always validate the config before you restart dnsmasq. 
>> 
>> # dnsmasq --test                   
>> dnsmasq: syntax check OK.
> 
> Then the solution is to fix config validation, not add an option to ignore errors.

I was just indicating dnsmasq had a validation test, builtin.

Best if the original reporter (Ercolino) could recreate the syntax error and see if --test flags it.


Lonnie







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