> NM kills and starts a new dnsmasq process every time this file changes. Will that be a problem for your LTSP setup where dnsmasq is also the DHCP server?
The most time consuming operation that dnsmasq does in our setups is sending the kernel/initrd via TFTP. That takes a few seconds. If the teacher activated a VPN connection at that time and dnsmasq was killed+respawned, the client wouldn't boot. But I think that problem would be too rare, so it sounds acceptable. I don't quite understand why dnsmasq needs to be restarted though. /var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf only contains the nameservers, and dnsmasq supports polling a resolv.conf for changes. Can't that be used instead to completely avoid restarting dnsmasq? (it wouldn't even need a SIGHUP in that case...) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to dnsmasq in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959037 Title: NM-controlled dnsmasq prevents other DNS servers from starting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/djbdns/+bug/959037/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs