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dnsmasq package

dnsmasq fails to start in lxc-net

Bug #1468611 reported by Serge Hallyn
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lxc (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The lxc-net systemd service calls /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/lxc-net start. This causes

dnsmasq -s lxc -S /lxc/ -u lxc-dnsmasq --strict-order --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/run/lxc/dnsmasq.pid --conf-file= --listen-address 10.0.3.1 --dhcp-range 10.0.3.2,10.0.3.254 --dhcp-lease-max=253 --dhcp-no-override --except-interface=lo --interface=lxcbr0 --dhcp-leasefile=/var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.lxcbr0.leases --dhcp-authoritative

to be run. With dnsmasq-base 2.72-3.1 this works fine. With 2.73-1 it fails with:

dnsmasq: cannot read /etc/dnsmasq.conf: No such file or directory

unless one creates /etc/dnsmasq.conf, after which it succeeds. Is this a change in the handling of --conf-file=- ?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in dnsmasq (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in lxc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Christopher Townsend (townsend) wrote :

I'm hitting this too. When the lxcbr0 device is not available, my unpriv'd containers will not start due to not being able to set up the network.

If I just touch /etc/dnsmasq.conf, then it all works as expected.

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Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) wrote :

If it comes to it, I suspect we could pass --conf-file=/dev/null and have it work.

Changed in lxc (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) wrote :

(indeed that seems to fix it here, @townsend could you try? Just set

LXC_DHCP_CONFILE=/dev/null

in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/lxc-net

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Christopher Townsend (townsend) wrote :

Hey Serge,

Yes, I can confirm that setting "LXC_DHCP_CONFILE=/dev/null" does indeed make it work.

Thanks!

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Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) wrote :

Thanks, workaround posted to lxc-devel mailing list.

Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)
Changed in lxc (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Simon Kelley (simon-thekelleys) wrote : Re: [Bug 1468611] Re: dnsmasq fails to start in lxc-net

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The underlying problem is that 2.73 accidentally change the meaning of

dnsmasq --conf-file

from "don't read any conf-file" to "read the default conf-file".

This is a bug, not a feature, and I've just committed a fix to git.

Cheers,

Simon.

On 26/06/15 20:41, Christopher Townsend wrote:
> Hey Serge,
>
> Yes, I can confirm that setting "LXC_DHCP_CONFILE=/dev/null" does
> indeed make it work.
>
> Thanks!
>
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package dnsmasq - 2.74-1

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dnsmasq (2.74-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream. (LP: #1468611)

 -- Simon Kelley <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:54:11 +0000

Changed in dnsmasq (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Stéphane Graber (stgraber)
Changed in lxc (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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