On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 09:40:17PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: > On 21/09/2021 20:54, Johannes Stezenbach wrote: > > This works the first time, but fails after dnsmasq is restarted: > > dnsmasq: cannot open log /tmp/dnsmasq.log: Permission denied > > > > $ ls -l /tmp/dnsmasq.log > > -rw-r----- 1 dnsmasq root 515 Sep 20 21:50 /tmp/dnsmasq.log > > > > I think this is because the /tmp/directory has the sticky bit set. The > file is owned by user dnsmasq, but it's opened whilst dnsmasq is still > running as root, and that may fail in a stick-bit directory. What > happens if you put the log file somewhere else?
Ah, you're right, it works in /var/log/dnsmasq.log. Thanks, Johannes _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss