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

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Sun May 23 18:35:28 UTC 2021


On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 07:47:02PM +0200, Cyberfusion wrote:
> Op 23 mei 2021 om 19:31 heeft Lonnie Abelbeck het volgende geschreven:
> > On May 23, 2021, at 11:08 AM, Cyberfusion wrote:
> >> bellocarico:
> >>>  ... idea for improvement on dealing with misconfiguration  ...
> >> 
> >> 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.
 

Hi  bellocarico,


Does `dnsmasq --test` reveal the configuration error you encountered?





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Geert Stappers

@Edward: Thanks for replying below previous text.
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