Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] /etc/hosts query
>> /etc/hosts on my dnsmasq server looked > > something like this: > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost Shuttle > > 192.168.1.4 Shuttle shuttle > > > dnsmasq reads your hosts file and gives it to other machines on the > network... verbatim. It was acting as it was supposed to. Your fix was > the proper solution, just as the original behavior is what is to be > expected. > I thought that the hosts file was as created by the installer originally (ubuntu 9.04 I think), but it's entirely possible I messed it up somewhere along the line :) Thanks Steve
Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] /etc/hosts query
> > /etc/hosts on my dnsmasq server looked > > something like this: > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost Shuttle > > 192.168.1.4 Shuttle shuttle > > > > Your /etc/hosts does look odd to me, but if there's a reason to have it > like that, you might like to look at the "localise-queries" dnsmasq > option, which will make dnsmasq's replies rather more sane in this > situation. > Seems to be a common opinion about the hosts file :) I've added the localise-queries option too, in case I break the hosts file again. Thanks Steve