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alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 2,810

Possible to prevent dnsmasq from providing dns service?

I used to run dhcpd to provide dhcp service.  I switched to dnsmasq following some advice regarding its comparative simplicity, size, etc...

Problem is, in addition to dhcp it also tells all the clients its a DNS server.  The result being that no clients can access the internet (through another NIC, connected to a server that really is a DNS server).

So, is it possible to prevent dnsmasq from telling clients it is a DNS server, or is there some other way to prevent the clients from losing internet access?  Thanks.

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Raynman

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Registered: 2011-10-22

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Re: Possible to prevent dnsmasq from providing dns service?

http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermai … 04687.html

alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 2,810

Re: Possible to prevent dnsmasq from providing dns service?

Thank you for the information.  However, it doesn't seem to work.  The option is active:

$ ps -fg dnsmasq
UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
dnsmasq    800     1  0 14:30 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dnsmasq ... --port=0

But after releasing and refreshing the connection on a client machine (Windows 2008), it still shows the server as a DNS server.  Same on xubuntu.

Last edited by alphaniner (2012-03-29 19:16:19)

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But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.
-Lysander Spooner