On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 05:49:40AM -0400, dnsm...@lovelady.com wrote: > Hi, All: > > > > I woke today to find that for the second time my /var/log filesytem was full > due to the size of the messages log. This time and last time, the log was > over 95% due to dhcp logging, and I don't understand why. I have commented > out the log-dhcp line in /opt/etc/dnsmasq.conf (where my configuration > lives), and have moved the messages file and restarted (rebooted) the > server. Each time, the logging of dhcp requests begins flooding anew. > >
I'd say you probably have a loop in your network, check that first. > > These requests seem to come from a pair of interfaces on a Winblows 7 > machine, if that makes any difference, and apparently were the result of > this configuration line: > > > > dhcp-host=00:1d:09:59:7b:7c,00:21:5c:6a:03:ef,192.168.0.10,m1330c > > > > . because I had interpreted the manual differently. Clarity has arrived - I > have disabled the wireless on the laptop - and logging is much less, but I > still wonder why this logging continues. What must I do to make it stop? > > > > Here's the tail of that log: > > > > lovestora-1 /home/delovelady> tail -20 /home/messages > > May 24 05:08:20 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) > 192.168.0.10 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:20 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPACK(eth0) 192.168.0.10 > 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c m1330c > > May 24 05:08:21 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPDISCOVER(eth0) > 192.168.0.10 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:21 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPOFFER(eth0) 192.168.0.10 > 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:21 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) > 192.168.0.10 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:21 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPACK(eth0) 192.168.0.10 > 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c m1330c > > May 24 05:08:22 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPDISCOVER(eth0) > 192.168.0.10 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:22 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPOFFER(eth0) 192.168.0.10 > 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:22 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) > 192.168.0.10 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:22 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPACK(eth0) 192.168.0.10 > 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c m1330c > > May 24 05:08:23 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPDISCOVER(eth0) > 192.168.0.10 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:23 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPOFFER(eth0) 192.168.0.10 > 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:23 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) > 192.168.0.10 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:23 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPACK(eth0) 192.168.0.10 > 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c m1330c > > May 24 05:08:24 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPDISCOVER(eth0) > 192.168.0.10 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:24 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPOFFER(eth0) 192.168.0.10 > 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:24 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) > 192.168.0.10 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > May 24 05:08:24 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPACK(eth0) 192.168.0.10 > 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c m1330c > > May 24 05:08:25 lovestora-1 dnsmasq-dhcp[2037]: DHCPDISCOVER(eth0) > 192.168.0.10 00:1d:09:59:7b:7c > > lovestora-1 /home/delovelady> > > > > Here are all the uncommented lines from dnsmasq.conf: > > > > lovestora-1 /home/delovelady> grep -v '^#' /opt/etc/dnsmasq.conf | grep -v > '^$' > > domain-needed > > bogus-priv > > expand-hosts > > domain=lovelady.com > > dhcp-range=192.168.0.10,192.168.0.109,7d > > dhcp-host=88:87:17:12:69:4d,canon-8120,192.168.0.5,infinite > > dhcp-host=00:23:8b:8a:ad:70,aspire,192.168.0.12,infinite > > dhcp-host=00:26:F2:DB:95:0C,lovestora-0,192.168.0.250,infinite > > dhcp-host=00:1d:09:59:7b:7c,00:21:5c:6a:03:ef,192.168.0.10,m1330c > > dhcp-option=3,192.168.0.1 > > dhcp-option=option:router,192.168.0.1 > > lovestora-1 /home/delovelady> > > > > > > Dennis Lovelady > 404-386-9745 (c) > AIM/Skype: delovelady MSN: fastcoun...@lovelady.com > -- > "A banker warned the British poet Robert Graves that one could not grow rich > writing poetry. He replied that if there was no money in poetry, there was > certainly no poetry in money, and so it was all even." > - Robert Graves > > > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady> View Dennis Lovelady's profile > on LinkedIn > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list > Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk > http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
