[Dnsmasq-discuss] setting default route not permitted

[Carrot Cruncher]

hi. just installed dnsmasq and everything seems to be working fine 
except i want to point the default route to my router rather than the 
server running dnsmasq. if i set :

dhcp-option=3,192.168.1.1
i get :

warning: setting capabilities failed: Operation not permitted

and it sets the default route to the server running dnsmasq. i have to use :

dhcp-option-force=3,192.168.1.1

for it to work.

any idea why this would be ?