[Samba] [OT] DNSmasq - a simple solution for DNS and DHCP

[John H Terpstra]

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Tarjei Huse wrote:

> Quoting John H Terpstra <jht at samba.org>:
>
> > On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Tarjei Huse wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to make Sambaadmins aware of the simple and powerfull program
> > > dnsmasq.
> > >
> > > It makes setting up a caching dnsserver + dhcp-server that maps local
> > machines
> > > to the local domain a breeze, something that is missing in the samba howto
> > > collection (http://www.bibsyst.no/samba/docs/man/DNSDHCP.html#id2981727).
> > The missing chapters will all be committed to CVS on April 5th, the date
> > the I expect to obtain Prentice Hall approval to release the entire
> > "The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide" to public CVS.
> Yppi! :-)
> > > I've been running it for two months now, so I felt it was time to recomend
> > it to
> > > others.
> > What benefits does this provide that a local DHCP and DNS server can not
> > provide?
>
> Dnsmasq is a local dnsserver.
>
> It is not, however a fullblown implement-all-rfc's DNS server like Bind or a
> fullblown DHCP-server. However, it delivers most of the things you need if
> you're a local admin who has to set this up:
> - It provides simple caching dns
> - a viable DHCP'server that throws the hosts into the local dnsserver. (this
> gives a speedup when browsing samba-networks I think).
> - a simple local dns (it reads the entries out of /etc/hosts)
>
> So it just saves me (and you) hours of hacking bind and dhcpd configfiles. I
> thought that was worth telling about.

Absolutely. I meant no negatives by implication or otherwise. From my
part, we must do all we can to make it easy to deploy open source
software.

Thanks.

- John T.

>
> Tarjei
>
> >
> > - John T.
> >
> > > URL: http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
> > >
> > > Disclaimer:
> > > I am not affiliated with the project in any way, but a simple solution for
> > > combining dns and dhcp has bugged me for so long that I thought others
> > might
> > > like this tip.
> > >
> > > Tarjei
> > >
> >
> > --
> > John H Terpstra
> > Email: jht at samba.org
> >
>
>
> Mob: 920 63 413
>
>

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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org