Robert S wrote:
I'm having a few problems with networking (most things work OK but I
can't update my antivirus and I can't ping their server). I've
noticed recently that I'm getting the above in my syslog:
Aug 20 08:45:58 mypc dnsmasq[8702]: started, version 2.31 cachesize 150
Aug 20 08:45:58 mypc dnsmasq[8702]: compile time options: IPv6
GNU-getopt no-ISC-leasefile no-DBus no-I18N
Aug 20 08:45:58 mypc dnsmasq[8702]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.2.2 --
192.168.2.40, lease time 12h
Aug 20 08:45:58 mypc dnsmasq[8702]: warning: setting capabilities
failed: Operation not permitted
Aug 20 08:45:58 mypc dnsmasq[8702]: running as root
Aug 20 08:45:58 mypc dnsmasq[8702]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
Aug 20 08:45:58 mypc dnsmasq[8702]: using nameserver 203.17.154.31#53
Aug 20 08:45:58 mypc dnsmasq[8702]: using nameserver 203.17.154.34#53
Aug 20 08:45:58 mypc dnsmasq[8702]: using nameserver 192.168.2.1#53
Aug 20 08:45:58 mypc dnsmasq[8702]: ignoring nameserver 127.0.0.1 -
local interface
Aug 20 08:45:58 mypc dnsmasq[8702]: read /etc/hosts - 11 addresses
My /etc/dnsmasq.conf:
domain-needed
bogus-priv
domain=mydomain.com.au
dhcp-range=192.168.2.2,192.168.2.40,12h
dhcp-host=00:48:54:90:1f:b0,192.168.2.22
[etc]
My startup options:
--dhcp-option=3,192.168.2.1
I'm running gentoo on kernel 2.6.16-gentoo-r7.
Is this message of any significance?
It's of no significance for your network problems, they must be
something else. Dnsmasq will work fine in this state, the only
consequence is that _if_ there was a security breach in dnsmasq, then
the attacker could use it to get root permissions, rather than a lesser
user.
This problem is normally caused by a kernel config problem (there's a
note in the dnsmasq FAQ about exactly what.) Since you are using a
Gentoo-supplied kernel (and dnsmasq package, I presume) it might be
worth submitting a bug report to Gentoo about this.)
Cheers,
Simon.
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