On Sat, Sep 04, 2021 at 08:16:44PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > On Sat, Sep 04, 2021 at 07:09:30PM +0200, john doe wrote: > > On 9/4/2021 6:14 PM, Chris Green wrote: > > > When [re]starting dnsmasq I see the following in syslog:- > > > > > > Sep 4 17:01:08 dns dnsmasq[18991]: started, version 2.80 cachesize 150 > > > Sep 4 17:01:08 dns dnsmasq[18991]: DNS service limited to local subnets 91
> > > Sep 4 17:01:08 dns dnsmasq[18991]: read /etc/hosts - 12 addresses > > > Sep 4 17:01:08 dns dnsmasq[18992]: Too few arguments. 92 > > > Sep 4 17:01:08 dns systemd[1]: Started dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and > > > caching DNS server. > > > Sep 4 17:02:17 dns dnsmasq[18991]: read /etc/hosts - 12 addresses > > > Sep 4 17:05:05 dns dnsmasq-dhcp[18991]: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) 192.168.1.95 > > > cc:ab:2c:39:69:2b > > > Sep 4 17:05:05 dns dnsmasq-dhcp[18991]: DHCPACK(eth0) 192.168.1.95 > > > cc:ab:2c:39:69:2b benYouview > > > > > > What does that error from process 18992 mean "Too few arguments."? > > > Does it indicate any sort of problem? > > > > > > > Would be better if you could increase the log verbosity > > to troubleshoot this... > > > Well, I've turned on the extra logging and it looks much the same:- ;-) > Sep 4 20:12:56 dns dnsmasq[1744]: started, version 2.80 cachesize 150 > Sep 4 20:12:56 dns dnsmasq[1744]: DNS service limited to local subnets 44 > Sep 4 20:12:56 dns dnsmasq[1745]: Too few arguments. 45 > This is with log-queries=extra and log-dhcp set. And how is dnsmasq started? What is in configuration file? > Is there anything else I can do to get more diagnostics? Do see already that dnsmasq is started (with some PID) And there is another dnsmasq, probably a dnsmasq script, with another PID. Answering "And how is dnsmasq started? What is in configuration file?" might reveal what is the other dnsmasq (script). Groeten Geert Stappers PID: Process IDentifer -- Silence is hard to parse _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss