| This is a launchd item for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. |
| For more information about launchd, the |
| "System wide and per-user daemon/agent manager", see the launchd |
| man page, or the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchd |
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| This launchd item uses the following flags: |
| --keep-in-foreground - this is crucial for use with launchd |
| --log-queries - this is optional and you can remove it |
| --log-facility=/var/log/dnsmasq.log - again optional instead of system.log |
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| To use this launchd item for dnsmasq: |
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| If you don't already have a folder /Library/LaunchDaemons, then create one: |
| sudo mkdir /Library/LaunchDaemons |
| sudo chown root:admin /Library/LaunchDaemons |
| sudo chmod 775 /Library/LaunchDaemons |
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| Copy uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist there and then set ownership/permissions: |
| sudo cp uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/ |
| sudo chown root:admin /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist |
| sudo chmod 644 /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist |
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| Optionally, edit your dnsmasq configuration file to your liking. |
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| To start the launchd job, which starts dnsmasq, reboot or use the command: |
| sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist |
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| To stop the launchd job, which stops dnsmasq, use the command: |
| sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist |
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| If you want to permanently stop the launchd job, so it doesn't start the job even after a reboot, use the following command: |
| sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist |
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| If you make a change to the configuration file, you should relaunch dnsmasq; |
| to do this unload and then load again: |
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| sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist |
| sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist |