On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I want to set up a local dnsmasq server to resolve local hostnames on > my LAN. I'm not (for the moment) concerned with DHCP, just DNS. I'd > like to do this without defining a local doman, so that host foo just > resolves to foo's IP address. The dnsmasq.conf file appears to allow > this because defining a local domain is optional, however it isn't > working for me: > > $ grep foo /etc/hosts > 192.168.1.73 foo > $ dig foo > > ; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P2-RedHat-9.10.3-7.P2.fc23 <<>> foo > ;; global options: +cmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37194 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;foo. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > foo. 30 IN A nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn > > (That IP corresponds to some random host somewhere, nothing to do with > me). > > No doubt this is something very stupid but a hint would be appreciated. > Note that I have blocked DNS referrals for unqualified names (option > domain-needed) Looking at "man dnsmasq" but having never tried to create such a setup; so this might be WRONG: Assuming that your local network is 192.168.1.0 and your local domainname is "poc". 1) If you run dnsmasq on the clients and the server: - set a domain in your client and server hostname configs - run dnsmasq on the clients with "--server=/poc/ip_address_of_server --rev-server=192.168.1.0/24,ip_address_of_server" - run dnsmasq on the server with "--auth-zone=poc --server=/poc/ip_address_of_server --rev-server=192.168.1.0/24,ip_address_of_server" - list the systems on your network in "/etc/hosts", for example a "192.168.1.111 patrick1.poc patrick1" line for "patrick1" Running "dig patrick1" (or perhaps "dig patrick1.") on "patrick2" should return "192.168.1.111". 2) If you run dnsmasq on the server: - set a domain on your clients and server - set on your clients "/etc/resolv.conf" to point to ip_address_of_server - run dnsmasq on the server with "--auth-zone=poc --server=/poc/ip_address_of_server" - list the systems on your network in "/etc/hosts" -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
