dnsmasq

[glc650]

Hello all,

Trying to get dnsmasq to function as both a DHCP and an internal DNS server. So far I got DHCP working, however, I cannot seem to get the hostnames of my computers to resolve to IPs.

Also, I'm not sure as to where this script (from the dnsmasq documentation) should go:

[quote]Automatic DNS server configuration with DHCP.
You need to get your DHCP client to write the addresse(s) of the DNS servers to a file other than /etc/resolv.conf. For dhcpcd, the dhcpcd.exe script gets run with the addresses of the nameserver(s) in the shell variable $DNS. The following bit of shell script uses that to write a file suitable for dnsmasq.

echo -n >|/etc/dhcpc/resolv.conf
dnsservs=${DNS//,/ }
for serv in $dnsservs; do
echo "nameserver $serv" >>/etc/dhcpc/resolv.conf
done


Remember to give dhcpcd the -R flag to stop it overwriting /etc/resolv.conf.
For other DHCP clients it should be possible to achieve the same effect.

TIA>
-g.

[gmichels]

Are you trying to setup internal dns resolution, like pinging the name of a lan workstation?

If so, you should instruct your client's dhcpcd to inform the hostname to the dhcp server. If they are using gentoo, edit /etc/conf.d/net and set dhcpcd_ethX="-h hostname" on each client.

[glc650]

[UberLord]

Does the leases file contain the hostnames?
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[gmichels]