Hi Chris
However this brings me back to where my original question came from, since there is no 'nameserver' entry pointing at localhost will dnsmasq cache? Or do I have to manually add a 'nameserver 127.0.0.1' somewhere?
Dnsmasq will cache for requests coming from localhost (like local tools, ssh,...) and also from other devices on your local network. Local programs on same machine like SSH, browsers, webservers, mailservers,... work because of your /etc/resolv.conf file: It points to dnsmasq.
Dnsmasq caches and forwards unknown requests to the server provided by NetworkManager (which does similar stuff like resolvconf package). Somebody should change the /etc/default/dnsmasq comment and say "resolvconf or NetworkManager").
Uwe
Am 29.05.2022 um 16:18 schrieb Chris Green:With the default /etc/default/dnsmasq file on Ubuntu it says:- # If the resolvconf package is installed, dnsmasq will use its output # rather than the contents of /etc/resolv.conf to find upstream # nameservers. Uncommenting this line inhibits this behaviour. # Note that including a "resolv-file=<filename>" line in # /etc/dnsmasq.conf is not enough to override resolvconf if it is # installed: the line below must be uncommented. #IGNORE_RESOLVCONF=yes I'm pretty sure I don't have resolvconf (or openresolv) so, in this case how does dnsmasq find the upstream servers. /etc/resolv.conf is :- # Generated by resolvconf nameserver 127.0.0.1 search zbmc.eu Which is a bit odd since I don't have resolvconf. The system works OK, DNS works, but I'd like to know how.-- Uwe Schindler Achterdiek 19, D-28357 Bremen https://www.thetaphi.de eMail: u...@thetaphi.de _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
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