[Dnsmasq-discuss] Monthly Posting

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 06.07.24 19:40, CHOPPERGIRL via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
> Most of us are replying via the mailing list,and apparently the mailing 
> list isn't very smart,and doesn't post our replies in the correct areaif 
> our mailing software doesn't "quote" themcorrectly.  I'm using Yahoo mail, 
> and it doesn'tquote at all.

The list's job is to get the mail to subscribers, it's not the list's job to 
format the e-mail.

I am really sorry that Yahoo mail can't quote e-mail (all clients I know can 
do that for decades) and turns HTML line wraps into no space, thus joins words 
(as you can see above and below)
  
> So I found the response to my simple dnsmasqquestion quite arrogant and 
> hostile, and soI dumped dnsmasq and used a Windows dnsserver solution 
> instead.  Sorry, Linux community.

I am sorry that we could not help you but I'm glad you have working 
solution.

Note that we are not paid for mailing list support (at least I am not) and 
this is mostly user forum.

> All I wanted to know was how to tell dnsmasqon the command line, how to 
> pass it an argumentto use a DNS server ip address, instead of puttingit in 
> the conf file (that I can not modify).

I believe using --server=a.b.c.d should do that just as if it was 
"server=a.b.c.d" in the config file, and that (nearly) all options in config 
file work like that.

dnsmasq should also read /etc/resolv.conf and use all IP addresses from that 
file that are not local as upstream servers. 
You can override the resolv.conf using "-r" or "--resolv-file" option or 
disable reading it using "-R" or "--no-resolv" file.


> This should be in paragraph one of the DNS manpage, or at least in the 
> command line switchessection which needs to be rewritten in plain 
> straightforward english, not technobabble gobbelty goop.

I believe putting better explanation about config-file and command-line 
options being the same (or, if they are not, describing differences) into 
the man page would help much.

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