On Wednesday, 1 October 2025 04:11:46 -03 Michael wrote: > On 9/29/25 21:21, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:27:04 +0200 > > > > Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 1. How can I achieve that bind is not started? If I kill the > >> process > >> "/usr/sbin/named -f -u bind" with "kill -9 1227", it is > >> immediately restarted with a different process ID. > > > > Use the standard systemctl commands to stop it, disable it, and mask > > it. Or do as Greg Wollege suggested, and remove it. > > > >> 2. Charles, in your proposal for adding to named.conf, what is the > >> IP > >> "192.168.100.6"? Shall I replace it with the static IP of my > >> computer?> > > Sorry I wasn't clear there. Yes, that is your computer's > > ethernet/WiFi IP address. > > > >> 3. I never did any changes to the default startup- and network > >> procedures in Debian. Why does the installation start both bind and > >> dnsmasq? > > > > Because the people packaging them know *nothing* about what you are > > up to. They assume (not unreasonably) that if you install their > > package you must want to run it. but beyond that they neither know > > nor assume anything. > > > > The libvert packages require dnsmasq, so if you are running virtual > > machines, that's how you got dnsmasq. I have no idea why you have > > bind9 installed. > > Hallo, > > the problem is solved. For those interested a short summary: > > A year ago I tried to run pihole on my laptop. I found a tutorial and > followed the steps described there and run a shell script. This script > installed some programs and config files. > > a) After deleting the package bind9 (see the hint above) and only > dnsmasq was running, the error still occured. > > b) It turned out that dnsmasq was started by init.d (you see I had > migrated Debian several times to a newer version :-). > > I could stop the start of dnsmasq with "update-rc.d dnsmasq > disable" > > c) However the error still occured. I then deleted all programs and > config files related to pihole. Now it works! > > > Summary: I guess I should better install a fresh Debian and get rid of > all old stuff which results from earlier tests and several old debian > versions ;-) > > Thanks again for your help, > > Michael
Hi Michael, you will be better off with Pi-Hole on a dedicated RaspberryPi and stick with the default install of that s/w package - I think. All the best -- Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ / ZP5CGE
