Dear list, after the systemd upgrade from 236-3 to 237-1 (Debian sid) the dnsmasq service does not start correctly.
############### Jan 31 20:58:11 debiansid systemd[1]: Starting dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server... -- Subject: Unit dnsmasq.service has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- Unit dnsmasq.service has begun starting up. Jan 31 20:58:11 debiansid dnsmasq[1062]: dnsmasq: syntax check OK. Jan 31 20:58:11 debiansid dnsmasq[1067]: started, version 2.78 cachesize 150 Jan 31 20:58:11 debiansid dnsmasq[1067]: DNS service limited to local subnets Jan 31 20:58:11 debiansid dnsmasq[1067]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus i18n IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP conntrack ipset auth DNSSEC l Jan 31 20:58:11 debiansid dnsmasq[1067]: reading /etc/resolv.conf Jan 31 20:58:11 debiansid dnsmasq[1067]: using nameserver 9.9.9.9#53 Jan 31 20:58:11 debiansid dnsmasq[1067]: read /etc/hosts - 6 addresses Jan 31 20:58:11 debiansid systemd[1]: dnsmasq.service: Permission denied while opening PID file or unsafe symlink chain: /run/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.pid Jan 31 20:59:41 debiansid systemd[1]: dnsmasq.service: Start-post operation timed out. Stopping. Jan 31 20:59:41 debiansid dnsmasq[1067]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM Jan 31 20:59:41 debiansid systemd[1]: dnsmasq.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. Jan 31 20:59:41 debiansid systemd[1]: Failed to start dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server. -- Subject: Unit dnsmasq.service has failed ############### Can someone verify this? Regards, Stefan