On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 12:49:22AM +0200, Uwe Schindler via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote: > 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"). > Yes, thanks, on thinking about how it's all supposed to work the above makes sense.
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