[Dnsmasq-discuss] cooperation with samba?

Hallo, in the samba mailinglist there was a remark that samba 4 is designed only for the BIND nameserver; look escpecially at http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2011-February/160848.html I know that most programmers work in their "free" time (me too). But I don't like working with the IS

[Dnsmasq-discuss] client name via DHCP

Hallo, when I use the ISC DHCP, then I can see the name of the Windows client in "/var/state/dhcp/dhcp.leases". With dnsmasq as DNS and DHCP server I haven't found this feature - is it somewhere hidden? Viele Gruesse! Helmut

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client name via DHCP

Hallo, Richard, Du meintest am 10.02.11: >> when I use the ISC DHCP, then I can see the name of the Windows >> client in "/var/state/dhcp/dhcp.leases". >> >> With dnsmasq as DNS and DHCP server I haven't found this feature - >> is it somewhere hidden? > near the bottom of the dnsmasq man page y

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client name via DHCP

Hallo, Richard, Du meintest am 10.02.11: when I use the ISC DHCP, then I can see the name of the Windows client in "/var/state/dhcp/dhcp.leases". With dnsmasq as DNS and DHCP server I haven't found this feature - is it somewhere hidden? [...] > The hostname is in the dn

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client name via DHCP

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 10.02.11: >> when I use the ISC DHCP, then I can see the name of the Windows >> client in "/var/state/dhcp/dhcp.leases". >> >> With dnsmasq as DNS and DHCP server I haven't found this feature >> - is it somewhere hidden? >> [...] >> The client's

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client name via DHCP

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 11.02.11: when I use the ISC DHCP, then I can see the name of the Windows client in "/var/state/dhcp/dhcp.leases". With dnsmasq as DNS and DHCP server I haven't found this feature - is it somewhere hidden? > This is probab

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client name via DHCP

Hallo, Carlos, Du meintest am 11.02.11: >> I'd be pleased if/when "dnsmasq" tells the client's hostname at >> least in one of its log messages. > It does for me, with log-dhcp set: [...] I've just tried this additional option: it sends a lot of information - I'm sure I'll need them sometimes.

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Announce: dnsmasq-2.57

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 18.02.11: > dnsmasq 2.57 is now available at > http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-2.57.tar.gz Binary for Slackware (current/13.x): Seems to run as expected - thank you! Viele

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to disable bootp and all pxe boot in Dnsamsq?

Hallo, Frank, Du meintest am 16.03.11: > In my subnet there is an bare metal provision system called > "linmin" which will serve pxe installation, I am also using dnsmasq > in same subnet as a programmable DHCP server. > now I want to disable all bootp and pxe stuff in dnsmasq because

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to disable bootp and all pxe boot in Dnsamsq?

Hallo, Frank, Du meintest am 16.03.11: > On 03/16/2011 12:46 PM, Helmut Hullen wrote: [rem out] >> dhcp-boot >> enable tftp >> tftp-root > what version of dnsmasq you use? I tried this but dnsmasq can > not start. dnsmasq-2.5.7 &g

[Dnsmasq-discuss] logging dns queries

Hallo, under ISC-bind I can log the DNS queries with # Florian Weimer, d.c.o.u.networking.misc 15.2.2011 logging { channel query_log { file "/var/log/named-query.log" versions 5 size 20m; print-time yes; severity debug 3; }; category queries { query_log; }; }; # --

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] logging dns queries

Hallo, Olaf, Du meintest am 18.03.11: >> Can I tell "dnsmasq" too to log the queries? > Find manual. Read manual. Look for --log-queries. It works - thank you! But it's not as comfortable as the ISC-bind form: there I can define a special log file only for named queries. Under "dnsmasq" ther

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] logging dns queries

Hallo, Matthias, Du meintest am 18.03.11: Can I tell "dnsmasq" too to log the queries? >>> Find manual. Read manual. Look for --log-queries. >> It works - thank you! >> But it's not as comfortable as the ISC-bind form: there I can define >> a special log file only for named queries. > If

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] logging dns queries

Hallo, Carlos, Du meintest am 18.03.11: [...] >> I also noticed that the log messages in the /var/log/messages for >> the DHCP REQUEST/ACK the string after the hostname and before the >> [pid], (I assume this is the ident parameter to openlog), is >> 'dnsmasq-dhcp'. Am I to assume that --log-qu

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] 2 PXE servers

Hallo, Miguel, Du meintest am 28.03.11: > I need to know if there is a way to configure dnsmasq to send > specific MACs to a different PXE server. On my current setup I have > a PXE server managed by cobbler, however I have some diskless clients > that I need to go to a different PXE server. So

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] 2 PXE servers

t; default. Or do I have to now list all MAC addresses and assign them > to a tag and PXE configuration? Sorry - I don't know. I'm only a user, no code writer. > Thanks for your prompt reply, wife has been sick so I have not had > time to test this out. > Cheers, > Miguel

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp-script on dnsmasq

Hallo, Michael, Du meintest am 15.04.11: > Is there a secret chroot or something going on that I don't know > about? I'm running dnsmasq 2.57 and whenever I try to run my > dhcp-script it bombs out saying "failed to execute > /tmp/post-lease.sh: No such file or directory" However, if I say "ls >

[Dnsmasq-discuss] excluding sockets

Hallo, can I exclude the file type "socket" from backing up? Viele Gruesse! Helmut

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] excluding sockets

Hallo, richardvo...@gmail.com, Du meintest am 01.06.11: >> can I exclude the file type "socket" from backing up? > You probably should ask for help with backups on the listserv for > your backup software. Sorry - wrong mailing list! Viele Gruesse! Helmut

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DNSmasq forwarding to DNS doesn't works

Hallo, Jérémie, Du meintest am 26.08.11: > In the file resolv.conf: > search city.domain.com > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > nameserver > nameserver > nameserver > nameserver "nameserver 127.0.0.1" seems to be ok - I use such a line on many systems for the many clients in the LAN. But if I have

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Announce, dnsmasq-2.58.

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 26.08.11: > Dnsmasq 2.58 is done, it's available from the usual place > http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-2.58.tar.gz A slackware packet is available at Viele Gruesse! Helmut

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Lease Time Detail

Hallo, Pratik, Du meintest am 22.09.11: > And can I pls ask u to show me a simple script to do so??? I m > totally naive for scripting so.. Thanks in advance.. :) Just an example: Part of "/etc/dnsmasq.conf": dhcp-script=/root/bin/clientname Script "/root/bin/clientname": #! /bin/bas

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq-2.59rc1

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 13.10.11: > I propose to make a new release which fixes these and does nothing > else in the next day or two. A release candidate for this is > available at > rc1.tar.gz> > Anyone who can please

[Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP over 2 NICs

Hallo, on 2 schools in the neighbourhood we try to connect clients with the server (DHCP and many other services) via DHCP. With 1 NIC all works fine, something like interface=eth0 dhcp-range=192.168.0.220,192.168.0.240,3d allows static addresses (defined on the client), DHCP addresses de

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP over 2 NICs

Hallo, Oliver, Du meintest am 28.02.12: > dnsmasq finds the right interface with the static address > automaticly. If you write interface=.. you discard the use of the > others. > Simply delete the interface=.. line and your dnsmasq should run > fine. Just for curiosity: a) should we delete

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP over 2 NICs

Hallo, Oliver, Du meintest am 28.02.12: >> Just for curiosity: >> >> a) should we delete a line >> >> interface=lo >> >>too? > Yes, of course. [...] >> b) what about a line for the special NIC for the router/modem: >> >>no-dhcp-interface=eth2 > This is the opposite optio

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP over 2 NICs

Hallo, Oliver, Du meintest am 28.02.12: > dnsmasq finds the right interface with the static address > automaticly. If you write interface=.. you discard the use of the > others. > Simply delete the interface=.. line and your dnsmasq should run > fine. Doesn't help - sorry. One detail: with t

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP over 2 NICs

Hallo, Oliver, Du meintest am 28.02.12: > dnsmasq finds the right interface with the static address > automaticly. If you write interface=.. you discard the use of the > others. > Simply delete the interface=.. line and your dnsmasq should run > fine. Additional experiments: the system needs

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP over 2 NICs

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 28.02.12: Just for curiosity: a) should we delete a line interface=lo too? >>> Yes, of course. > To be clear, if there are NO "interface=" lines, then dnsmasq will > respond to all interfaces. But something doesn't wo

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP over 2 NICs

Hallo, Oliver, Du meintest am 29.02.12: >> Additional experiments: the system needs >> >> interface=lo >> interface=eth0 >> interface=eth1 >> >> Otherwise mailing with Thunderbird (over eth0) doesn't work, getting >> a DHCP IP address (for the eth0 net) doesn't work. > I'

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP over 2 NICs

Hallo, Oliver, Du meintest am 29.02.12: > It looks like you dont need the dns-functionality of dnsmasq. Sorry - I don't like the ISC DNS ("bind"/"named"). It's a monster. > So maybe you would feel more comfortable with the original dhcp- > server (version 3), where the configuration langua

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP over 2 NICs

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 29.02.12: >> Getting a DHCP IP address for the eth1 net still doesn't work. >> >> Strange ... > Check the logs. If you are seeing "No address range available" > messages, there's a configuration problem in dnsmasq. If you're not > seeing those messages, then dnsm

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP over 2 NICs

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 29.02.12: >> It's some problem with "iptables". Nice ... >> I'll be back soon. > I told you :-) It works! There was an iptables rule for the ports 67 and 68 which was hard coded only for eth0. Stupid. Nasty. Viele Gruesse! Helmut ___

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Announce: dnsmasq-2.60.

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 05.03.12: > thanks to all who have contributed to this significant milestone. > Download it from > http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-2.60.tar.gz > http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-2.60.tar.lzma Slackware packet:

[Dnsmasq-discuss] TFTP FIXME message

Hallo, my (self made) dnsmasq 2.60 always tells TFTP FIXME: this and the next few must be full strings to be translatable - do not assemble in code/tftpboot when it gets started. What does that message mean? Viele Gruesse! Helmut ___ Dnsmasq-discu

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] TFTP FIXME message

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 01.04.12: >> my (self made) dnsmasq 2.60 always tells >> >> TFTP FIXME: this and the next few must be full strings to be >> translatable - do not assemble in code/tftpboot >> >> when it gets started. >> >> What does that message mean? > It means that my code builds E

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] TFTP FIXME message

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 02.04.12: TFTP FIXME: this and the next few must be full strings to be translatable - do not assemble in code/tftpboot when it gets started. What does that message mean? [...] > The problem is here: > #: dnsmasq.c:588 > msgid "root is

[Dnsmasq-discuss] load balancing with interfaces

Hallo, in a school I want to run all schoolish clients (about 150) over eth0, with quasi static IP addresses ("dhcp-host=...") and all private clients (private netbooks, smartphones etc.) over eth1 (completely DHCP, lease time 2 days). eth0: 192.168.0.0/24 eth1: 192.168.16.0/20 My dnsmasq

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] load balancing with interfaces

Hallo, Richard, Du meintest am 11.04.12: [...] >> Changing the "range" definitions to >> >> dhcp-range=eth0,192.168.0.1,static,300d >> dhcp-range=eth1,192.168.18.10,192.168.31.250,2d >> >> also doesn't work as expected. >> >> Users who use a schoolish client with (p.e.) >> >> dhcp-host=00:11:22

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Dhcp discover client source ip not 0.0.0.0

Hallo, Sen, Du meintest am 22.05.12: >> Do you know where the faulty request is getting lost? Does dnsmasq >> log receiving the DHCPDISCOVER? > Dnsmasq doesn't log anything. My dnsmasq logs such things as "DHCPREQUEST" or "DHCPACK". Viele Gruesse! Helmut __

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Removing a feature does anyone rely on this?

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 01.07.12: > A quote from the man page: > dhcp-range may have an interface name supplied as > "interface:> ". The semantics if this are as follows: For DHCP, if any other > dhcp-range exists _without_ an interface name, then the interface > name is ignored and and

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Removing a feature does anyone rely on this?

Hallo, Vincent, Du meintest am 02.07.12: >> But it seems to be a bit more difficult to change  >> automatically something like >> >>     dhcp-range=eth0,192.168.0.10,static >>     dhcp-range=eth1,192.168.1,10,static >>     dhcp-range=eth2,192.168.17.10-192.168,28.250 >> >> to >> >>     dhcp-range

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Removing a feature does anyone rely on this?

Hallo, Ed, Du meintest am 02.07.12: [dhcp-range=ethx,...] >>> What about [re]naming those interface names using udev, i.e. >>> xx-persistent-net.rules file in /etc/udev/rules.d/ ? >> That moves the problem from one place to another. I don't like >> "udev", I don't use "udev". Especially with mo

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Removing a feature does anyone rely on this?

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 02.07.12: >>> dhcp-range may have an interface name supplied as >>> "interface:> name>> ". >> I'd like to use this feature in many schools: >> >> eth0 and eth1 for the school clients in the LAN, eth2 for the >> private clients (especially in the WLAN). And eth3 for D

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Removing a feature does anyone rely on this?

Hallo, Olaf, Du meintest am 07.07.12: >> We wanted >> >> dhcp-range=192.168.0.10,static,infinite >> # (192.168.0.0/24) for the school computers >> dhcp-range=192.168.18.10,192.168.31.250,30d >> # (192.168.16.0/20) for the private machines >> >> and de

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Removing a feature does anyone rely on this?

Hallo, richardvo...@gmail.com, Du meintest am 09.07.12: >> We wanted >> >> dhcp-range=192.168.0.10,static,infinite >> # (192.168.0.0/24) for the school computers >> dhcp-range=192.168.18.10,192.168.31.250,30d >> # (192.168.16.0/20) for the private machi

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Removing a feature does anyone rely on this?

Hallo, Richard, Du meintest am 09.07.12: We wanted dhcp-range=192.168.0.10,static,infinite # (192.168.0.0/24) for the school computers dhcp-range=192.168.18.10,192.168.31.250,30d # (192.168.16.0/20) for the private machines

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] New job vacancy - see details

Hallo, Jan-Piet, Du meintest am 18.07.12: >> IMHO, no effort is currently necessary. > I follow many mailing-lists, and dnsmasq-discuss is the _only_ one I > follow, in which I see spam. Then subscribe the btrfs mailinglist, p.e. ... Viele Gruesse! Helmut _

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Using dhcp-host hostname as address for DNS

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 29.07.12: >> My question is whether it would be possible to have a single line >> config statement for mac-ip-hostname mapping. >> But I want to have the DNS entries permanently preserved resp. dns >> mappings without prior dhcp ip negotiation. Actually this means I >

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Using dhcp-host hostname as address for DNS

Hallo, /dev/rob0, Du meintest am 31.07.12: My question is whether it would be possible to have a single line config statement for mac-ip-hostname mapping. But I want to have the DNS entries permanently preserved resp. dns mappings without prior dhcp ip negotiation. Actually th

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp logging and dhcp-range static configuration

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 03.09.12: >> Is there a way to prevent logging the DHCPDISCOVER request for >> unconfigured hardware address in dhcp-range static mode ? > Try > dhcp-ignore=!known > or possibly the old syntax > dhcp-ignore=#known Additional question: When I have 2 NICs, and one

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Issues with multiple subnets on dnsmasq

Hallo, subhranshu, Du meintest am 03.09.12: > INTERNAL > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:23:c7:52:62 > inet addr:172.16.48.4 Bcast:172.16.51.255 > Mask:255.255.252.0 DMZ That mask describes 172.16.48.0 ... 172.16.51.255 It includes eth2 > eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HW

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Dnsmasq-discuss Digest, Vol 88, Issue 5

Hallo, subhranshu, Du meintest am 05.09.12: > i had the DMZ on eth2 which had wrong subnet set on routing, > Actually this was by default set for DMZ and i think it was > interfering with the eth1 route. > which i just fixed and every things seems to be working fine now Computing can be so eas

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] RFE: improve dnsmasq survivability and resilience

Hallo, Gene, Du meintest am 04.11.12: > These days many/some systems have made quick bootup speed an > important objective. May be. But "dnsmasq" is a server job, and servers shouldn't boot often. Viele Gruesse! Helmut ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing lis

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] (no subject)

Hallo, richardvo...@gmail.com, Du meintest am 17.01.13: > I strongly suggest you test it from your login shell first, to > separate problems in the approach from problems in the cron > environment. > Run 'ps' to see how many dnsmasq processes you have. If there's > more than one, then 'pidof'

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] What s the dnsmasq/DHCP way to give a host a fixed IP?

Hallo, Matthias, Du meintest am 17.12.14: >> I have a setup in which the DHCP range is 192.168.2.128 to >> 192.168.2.250, and I manually give some devices an IP in range >> 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.2.127, using the dhcp-host line. So that I >> can use the u32 traffic classifier to split traffic str

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq-2.43rc3 available.

Hallo, Simon, Du (simon) meintest am 09.07.08: > 2.43rc3 is available here. > http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/release-candidates/dnsmasq-2.43r > c3.tar.gz Compiling works (but why does it ask for "nawk" - I haven't installed "nawk"). When I start the new dnsmasq it works in another way

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq-2.43rc3 available.

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 10.07.08 zum Thema Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq-2.43rc3 available.: >> When I start the new dnsmasq it works in another way than 2.41. [...] >> The files in the subdirectory overwrite the options in >> "dnsmasq.conf" - it's a fine and simple way. >> >> But 2.43rc3

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] 2.43rc4

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 10.07.08 zum Thema [Dnsmasq-discuss] 2.43rc4: > I've put > http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/release-candidates/dnsmasq-2.43r > c4.tar.gz > in place. Compiling works well (Slackware 12.1, Kernel 2.6.25.2). http://arktur.shuttle.de/CD/5.0/Patches/dnsmasq-2.43rc4

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] 2.43rc5

Hallo, Simon, Du (simon) meintest am 10.07.08: > Is there. This (I hope) fixes the capabilties bug seen by Jean, Olaf > and Jamie. Works under Slackware 11.0 and 12.1 - thank you! Viele Gruesse! Helmut

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] "bad command line options: illegal repeated flag"

Hallo, Simon, Du (simon) meintest am 27.07.08: >> installed. When it launches from /etc/init.d/dnsmasq, it reports: >> Shutting down dnsmasq: [ OK ] >> Starting dnsmasq: >> dnsmasq: bad command line options: illegal repeated flag >>

[Dnsmasq-discuss] whois doesn't find entries

Hallo, dnsmasq seem to have sometimes problems with "whois" (and related programs). whois 128.163.2.43 doesn't send a whois entry, but when I change from "dnsmasq" to "bind" I get the desired information. The above IP address is just an example, not the only problematic address.

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] whois doesn't find entries

Hallo, Simon, Du (simon) meintest am 17.08.08: >> whois 128.163.2.43 >> >> doesn't send a whois entry, but when I change from "dnsmasq" to >> "bind" I get the desired information. > I'm not sure how this is related to dnsmasq: when I run whois, the > only DNS activity I see is IPv4 and I

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Reverse DNS

Hallo, shacky, Du (shacky83) meintest am 04.10.08: > But dnsmasq does not restart: > server:~# /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart > Restarting DNS forwarder and DHCP server: dnsmasqdnsmasq: error at > line 29 of /etc/dnsmasq.conf. What is the content of this line? Might it be "dnsmasqdnsmasq"? Viele

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Multiple Resolv Files?

Hallo, Petri, Du (petri.savilahti) meintest am 07.11.08: > Is it possible to read nameservers from multiple resolv files? For > example from the normal /etc/resolv.conf and the > /etc/ppp/resolv.conf. If I have understood the mechanics correct: first hit wins. And "/etc/ resolv.conf" is asked/s

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Multiple Resolv Files?

Hallo, Simon, Du (simon) meintest am 07.11.08: >> Is it possible to read nameservers from multiple resolv files? For >> example from the normal /etc/resolv.conf and the >> /etc/ppp/resolv.conf. > Yes, you can specify as many as you like and dnsmasq will use the one > which was altered last. Ok

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get name of DHCP'ed system?

Hallo, richardvo...@gmail.com, Du meintest am 23.01.09: >>> Where is dhcp.leases? >> The file is actually called "dnsmasq.leases" (at least on the >> systems I have) and it's in /var/lib/misc. > Sorry about that. I use the scripted external database so I don't > have a leasefile at all, and di

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get name of DHCP'ed system?

Hallo, Paul, Du meintest am 23.01.09: > Fedora RPMs have located dnsmasq.leases in /var/lib/dnsmasq/ in the > past. Don't know if they still are, more recently I've been building > from Simon's tarballs to help test the latest releases. > As to needing to write a script, don't most boxes have 'l

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DNSMASQ and configuring Win XP boxes to use a Proxy server

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 24.10.08 zum Thema Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DNSMASQ and configuring Win XP boxes to use a Proxy server: >> I was wondering is someone has managed to get Windows XP boxes setup >> so that they would get proxy details from DNSMASQ? Any details would >> be appreciated. >

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DNSMASQ and configuring Win XP boxes to use a Proxy server

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 05.02.09: > Helmut Hullen wrote: >> Hallo, Simon, >>> In /etc/dnsmasq.conf: >>> dhcp-option=252,"http://central/wpad.dat"; >> I've now tried it - doesn't work. Sorry. >> >> Configuration: >> P

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DNSMASQ and configuring Win XP boxes to use a Proxy server

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 05.02.09: >> But that happens with the above line and also without it - for what >> is the option good? > I'm confused, if you set "Automatic proxy" then Firefox should find > the proxy via WPAD. Is that working? Oh - I just see that "WPAD" is a special protocol. N

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DNSMASQ and configuring Win XP boxes to use a Proxy server

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 05.02.09: >> Oh - I just see that "WPAD" is a special protocol. Not an arbitrary >> name of a file. >> I'll have to read and work with WPAD some time. > http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/99nov/I-D/draft-ietf-wrec-wpad-01.txt and http://wpad.com/ (among the

[Dnsmasq-discuss] extension of configuration files

Hallo all, I prefer dividing "/etc/dnsmasq.conf" into some separate files, using "conf-dir=/etc/dnsmasq.d". Then dnsmasq reads all files in this directory - fine. But (p.e.) slackware put sometimes configuration files with the extension *.new into such a directory and doesn't delete them if t

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] extension of configuration files

Hallo, RevRagnarok, Du meintest am 05.07.09 zum Thema Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] extension of configuration files: >> Could dnsmasq exclude *.new files from reading? Some other programs >> do so. > By extension, it should probably just ignore everything not *.conf, > since other package managers use

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] extension of configuration files

Hallo, Rance, Du meintest am 05.07.09: Could dnsmasq exclude *.new files from reading? Some other programs do so. >>> By extension, it should probably just ignore everything not *.conf, >>> since other package managers use other methods, e.g. .rpmnew and >>> .rpmold. > I think this is

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] extension of configuration files

Hallo, Carlos, Du meintest am 05.07.09: >> I guess the problem is knowing _which_ files should be ignored ( how >> many conventions are there?) and not ignoring files which someone, >> somewhere, thinks are perfectly OK and should be used. > That's clearly impossible. If you decide to do it ther

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] extension of configuration files

Hallo, richardvo...@gmail.com, Du meintest am 05.07.09: >> What about just leaving it as it's now? :-) > How about a compromise -- not a full wildcard syntax, but a > user-controlled literal suffix match? e.g. > conf-dir-suffix=.conf And then many old installations which have files with no ex

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] extension of configuration files

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 06.07.09: >> Under my slackware installation I'll write my special slackware >> extension watcher ... it first has to look what's the name of "conf- >> dir". Ugly. > There's an alternative which is backwards compatible: extend the > --conf-dir option optionally allow

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] extension of configuration files

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 06.07.09: >>> --conf-dir=/etc/dnsmasq.d,.new >> >>> I guess that for completeness, more than one extension should be >>> allowed. > http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/test-releases/dnsmasq-2.50test6.tar.gz > which implements it (many extensions). Works like a cha

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] router won't query itsself

Hallo, JD, jd1...@gmail.com meinte am 12.08.09 in dnsmasq zum Thema Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] router won't query itsself: > /etc/resolv.conf must ONLY contain > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > AND > /etc/dnsmasq.conf must set > resolv-file=/etc/resolv.dnsmasq > Or whatever you decide to call that file,

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] router won't query itsself

Hallo, JD, you wrote am 12.08.09 zum Thema Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] router won't query itsself: > Even so, I do not see the need to let the host be bothered by a > changing IP address provided by the ISP. > Let all that be handled by a cheap router, whose LAN ip address > remains constant to the l

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] windows' hostname

Hallo, Brad, Du meintest am 02.12.09: >> Can dnsmasq set the hostname for a windows station? I ghosted an >> image across 5 computers and now they all have the same hostname. [...] > You are going to have more problems than just the hostname with your > Windows systems. They also have duplicate

[Dnsmasq-discuss] more than one DHCP net

Hallo, just a simple question: I want to run a LAN with 2 network cards, server addresses are 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.1.1. Routing works. With one card I set the dhcp range via dhcp-range=192.168.0.60,192.168.0.240,3d Can I add the second card via a second line dhcp-range=19

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] more than one DHCP net

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 29.01.10: >> With one card I set the dhcp range via >> >> dhcp-range=192.168.0.60,192.168.0.240,3d >> >> Can I add the second card via a second line >> >> dhcp-range=192.168.1.20,192.168.1.240,3d > The answer is simple - yes, that will work fine. Tha

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Help Translating DNSMasq options for NetBoot Mac

Hallo, Max, Du meintest am 30.01.10 zum Thema [Dnsmasq-discuss] Help Translating DNSMasq options for NetBoot Mac: > option root-path "nfs:192.168.33.1: > /var/lib/tftpboot:Diag106NetBoot.nbi/NetBoot.dmg"; > dhcp-option=net:AppleNBI-i386,option:root-path,"nfs:192.168 > .33.1: /var/lib/tftpboot:D

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Setting dnsmasq as a orwarder

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 05.02.10: >> The topology would be that dns1 and dns2 are only able to locally >> resolve requests for their respective domains, and any other >> requests are routed to dns0, that then forwards them to dns1 or dns2 >> as appropiate. >> >> Is that possible? >> > serve

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to configure 2 different nets: 1 guestnet, 1 "known-host net"?

Hallo, Lars, Du meintest am 16.02.10: >> You need a dhcp-range for the the "known hosts" net too >> >> dhcp-range=192.168.8.0,static >> >> should do the trick. > Thanks, that works fine! :-) > Perhaps the man-page or example-config should mention this use case > explicitly, because it is a quit

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to configure 2 different nets: 1 guestnet, 1 "known-host net"?

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 16.02.10: > It's in the man page: > "The end address may be replaced by the > keyword static which tells dnsmasq to enable DHCP for the network > specified, but not to dynamically allocate IP > addresses: only hosts which have static addresses given vi

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] IP address based on switch port number (option 82)

Hallo, Jan, Du meintest am 18.02.10: > I see where this will all lead to ... a tag construction tool with > dnf generation and Quine?McCluskey minimizer. "Quine/McCluskey" is an awful way to minimize DNF etc. Slow and greedy. But that's another problem ... Viele Gruesse! Helmut

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Fwd: troubles with cname

Hallo, Samuel, Du meintest am 04.03.10: > Well, that's the day I posted my first message here On 27. february 2010, perhaps written on 26. february 2010 (PST). > I though it was a pretty stupid question, but still have no answer... > So, I'll assume nobody recieved it, and I send it again...

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] List problems.

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 04.03.10: > It seems that mailman went down at the end of last week, and since > then until earlier the morning, no mail was processed for the list. Seems to be a hole from 28 february (no mail) to 3 march. On 4 march I got mail from 1.3. to 3.3. (not many, as few

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] generating hostname on the fly, base on mac address,

Hallo, Simon, Du meintest am 05.03.10: > You could put the name/MAC mappings in a separate file, and load it > using dhcp-hostsfile. That's nearly the way I prefer: In file "/etc/dnsmasq.conf" conf-dir=/etc/dnsmasq.d In directory "/etc/dnsmasq.d" file "dhcp.conf" which contai

[Dnsmasq-discuss] seperate DHCP- and PXE-Server

Hallo, how can I put the PXE server onto another machine than the DHCP server? I have 2 servers in my LAN, 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.7 When I stop the dnsmasq on one of the machines and run the other as a PXE and DHCP server, with dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0 then all works fine. When I onl

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] seperate DHCP- and PXE-Server

Hallo, , Du meintest am 27.03.10 zum Thema Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] seperate DHCP- and PXE-Server: >> how can I put the PXE server onto another machine than the DHCP >> server? >> >> I have 2 servers in my LAN, 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.7 > You can use "proxy DHCP" feature of Dnsmasq on t

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] tftp 'Permission denied' issue...

Hallo, Steve, Du meintest am 14.05.10: > Can anyone suggest why I get 'Permission denied' for this access? > May 14 16:01:27 regret dnsmasq-tftp[13285]: cannot access > /home/Steve/Shared/workspace/xxx/xxx/bootrom.pxe.0: Permission denied > May 14 16:01:27 regret dnsmasq-tftp[13285]: cannot acce

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] tftp 'Permission denied' issue...

Hallo, Steve, Du meintest am 15.05.10: > But I do launch with > sudo /etc/rc.d/initd/dnsmasq > So it seems that it will be run by root. > Therefore I need world readable permission on my bootrom.pxe.0. > I thought I had that! > --- > /home/Steve/Shared/workspace/xxx/xxx/ > -rwxrwxr-x

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] segfault - Re: No dnsmasq after starting openVPN?!

Hallo, Jan, Du meintest am 08.06.10: >>> 2.55 in the process of release now. >> Wow, less than 12 hours later the new (and working, did a >> --reinstall) version is already in debian/sid. >> > "on June 07, 2010 23:24 > new release: net-dns/dnsmasq-2.55" > :-) > (source: http://gitorious.org/ja

[Dnsmasq-discuss] "next server" and "vendor encapsulated"

Hallo, I'm searching for a way which looks like the "next server" option but does not work everytime but only under special conditions. Pseudo code: if MAC = 11.22.33.44.55.66 then goto (PXE-)server 10.11.12.13 if MAC in MAC-list then goto (PXE-)server 172.16.17.18 "vendor encapsulated"

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] "next server" and "vendor encapsulated"

Hallo, clemens, Du meintest am 12.06.10: >> I'm searching for a way which looks like the "next server" option >> but does not work everytime but only under special conditions. >> >> Pseudo code: >> >> if MAC = 11.22.33.44.55.66 >> then goto (PXE-)server 10.11.12.13 >> >> if MAC in MAC-list >> t

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] "next server" and "vendor encapsulated"

Hallo, Clemens, Du meintest am 12.06.10: >> I'm searching for a way which looks like the "next server" option >> but does not work everytime but only under special conditions. >> >> Pseudo code: >> >> if MAC = 11.22.33.44.55.66 >> then goto (PXE-)server 10.11.12.13 >> >> if MAC in MAC-list >> t

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