[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq: dhcp-server with disabled dns-server: /etc/hosts ignored

[Michael Traxler]

Hello,

dnsmasq-2.87:

It took me quite some time to figure this out :-)

When you disable the DNS-server via
port=0

the /etc/hosts file is ignored and also the
addn-hosts=<fn>
is ignored.

This then results in the problem, that the
DHCP-server still works, but if you use the

dhcp-host=da:7a:3a:62:7d:d2,trb

where trb is a name in /etc/hosts
dnsmasq reacts with:

DHCPDISCOVER(enp2s0) da:7a:3a:62:7d:d2 no address available

I checked via strace that it really doesn't even open
/etc/hosts nor the given file via the "addn-hosts" option.

Looks for me like a bug. I can not find a logical reason, why a dhcp-server
*needs* to have a running DNS-server.

Or is it a feature? :-)

Thanks a lot,

Michael