On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 1:47 AM john doe wrote: > > On 12/9/2018 4:26 AM, Michael wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> If I'm using dnsmasq just as a DNS caching server, not a DHCP one, > >> would it be possible to config some fixed IP addresses as DNS entries > >> for my LAN? > >> > >> I.e., instead of changing the hosts file on every machine on my LAN > >> with the same entries, is it possible to do such configuration > >> centralized at dnsmasq DNS server alone? > >> > > > > Yes, just add them to the /etc/hosts file on the machine running dnsmasq > > or use the addn-hosts directive to point it to another file. > > > > If the option '--hostsdir' (1) is used, there is no need to restart > dnsmasq for changes to take effect: > > "--hostsdir=<path> > Read all the hosts files contained in the directory. New or changed > files are read automatically. See --dhcp-hostsdir for details." > > 1) http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html
Brilliant! I'll go with the '--hostsdir' (1) solution. So, What's the usual/suggested convention to put that directory? I first thought of creating one under /etc/dnsmasq.d, then dismissed it right away. Any usual practices? Thx _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss