Re: dnsmasq config generated by NetworkManager

[Евгений Королев <jock yandex-team ru>]

On 18.03.2013 19:50, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 14:29 +0400, Евгений Королев wrote:
> > Hello!
> > [I'm using KUbuntu 12.04, so some paths can be system-specific]
> >
> > I have an idea about customizing dnsmasq config /var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf, which is generated by NM.
> >
> > First, I've added some lines (like `address=/localhost/127.0.0.1` - it's really userfull, because /etc/hosts 
> > doesn't work with wildcards) in dnsmasq config. Then I understood that editing /etc/dnsmasq.conf gives no 
> > effect :) So I've found file /var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf. It's generated dynamically by 
> > /usr/sbin/NetworkManager.
> >
> > Please, think about such feature: user can create a constant prefix and suffix configs (let it be a section 
> > in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf) which will be included into /var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf. Right 
> > now user can't deal with dnsmasq configuration at all.
> As of NM 0.9.6, you should be able to drop your own configuration
> into /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d which then dnsmasq will pick up and
> merge into your configuration.  Are you able to test that out and see if
> it works for you?
Thank you very much! I've upgraded to latest Ubuntu and got NM 0.9.6. 
Then I've put my config into /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d - and it 
works fine!

> Also, /etc/hosts should still be read by glibc's resolver no matter
> what; does your /etc/hosts file contain any lines for 127.0.0.1, and if
> so, what are they?  If there aren't any lines, then you should add them;
> something has removed them and that's a problem.
My /etc/hosts is OK. The only problem was that I can't use record 
"127.0.0.1 *.localhost" in hosts file. But dnsmasq solves this problem 
easily.

Thank you one more time! You're the best! :)

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Sincerely,
Eugene Korolev
Yandex