It all depends on how you configure things: if you use entries in /etc/hosts or --host-record, --mx-record etc then they will only "mask" the external values for that exact domain name and record type.
See the '#' targer for --server=/<domain> for another option. Cheers, Simon. On 28/08/16 09:57, Hans Schmidt wrote: > Hello, > > I have the following setup, and wonder if this is possible with dnsmasq: > > I own a domain called example.com, which has some records on a public > name server, for example a MX record, an A or an AAAA record for > example.com directly, but also some subdomains. > > I want to reuse this domain also for internal use, so that my machines > internally are having entries like workstation1.example.com and > workstation2.example.com. The only problem is that dnsmasq will block > the records which are not managed by dnsmasq, instead of forwarding the > requests to the external name server. > > Is there a way to solve this problem? Or should I rather put my private > machines on a subdomain (letting dnsmasq manage it), e.g. > internal.example.com, then having workstation1.internal.example.com? > > Thanks :) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list > Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk > http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss > _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss