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dnsmasq

    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