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1.1       misho       1: This is a launchd item for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server.
                      2: For more information about launchd, the
                      3: "System wide and per-user daemon/agent manager", see the launchd
                      4: man page, or the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchd
                      5: 
                      6: This launchd item uses the following flags:
                      7: --keep-in-foreground - this is crucial for use with launchd
                      8: --log-queries - this is optional and you can remove it
                      9: --log-facility=/var/log/dnsmasq.log - again optional instead of system.log
                     10: 
                     11: To use this launchd item for dnsmasq:
                     12: 
                     13: If you don't already have a folder /Library/LaunchDaemons, then create one:
                     14: sudo mkdir /Library/LaunchDaemons
                     15: sudo chown root:admin /Library/LaunchDaemons
                     16: sudo chmod 775 /Library/LaunchDaemons 
                     17: 
                     18: Copy uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist there and then set ownership/permissions:
                     19: sudo cp uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/
                     20: sudo chown root:admin /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist
                     21: sudo chmod 644 /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist
                     22: 
                     23: Optionally, edit your dnsmasq configuration file to your liking.
                     24: 
                     25: To start the launchd job, which starts dnsmaq, reboot or use the command:
                     26: sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist
                     27: 
                     28: To stop the launchd job, which stops dnsmasq, use the command:
                     29: sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist
                     30: 
                     31: If you want to permanently stop the launchd job, so it doesn't start the job even after a reboot, use the following command:
                     32: sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist
                     33: 
                     34: If you make a change to the configuration file, you should relaunch dnsmasq;
                     35: to do this unload and then load again:
                     36: 
                     37: sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist
                     38: sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist