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1.1       misho       1: 
                      2: This is the README for the DNSmasq webmin module.
                      3: 
                      4: Problems:
                      5: 
                      6: 1) There's only basic error checking - if you enter some bad
                      7: addresses or names, they will go straight into the config file
                      8: although we do check for things like IP addresses being of
                      9: the correct form (no letters, 4 groups of up to 3 digits
                     10: separated by dots etc). One thing that ISN'T CHECKED FOR is
                     11: that IP dotted quads are all numbers < 256. Another is that
                     12: netmasks are logical (you could enter a netmask of 255.0.255.0 
                     13: for example). Essentially, if it'll pass the config file
                     14: regex scanner (and the above examples will), it won't be 
                     15: flagged as "bad" even if it is a big no-no for dnsmasq itself. 
                     16: 
                     17: 2) Code is ugly and a kludge - I ain't a programmer! There are probably 
                     18: a lot of things that could be done to tidy up the code - eg, 
                     19: it probably wouldn't hurt to move some common stuff into the lib file.
                     20: 
                     21: 3) I've used the %text hash and written an english lang file, but
                     22: I am mono-lingual so no other language support as yet.
                     23: 
                     24: 4) for reasons unknown to me, the icon does not appear properly
                     25: on the servers page of webmin (at least it doesn't for me!)
                     26: 
                     27: 5) icons have been shamelessly stolen from the ipfilter module,
                     28: specifically the up and down arrows.
                     29: 
                     30: 6) if you delete an item, the config file will contain
                     31: an otherwise empty, but commented line. This means that if
                     32: you add some new stuff, then delete it, the config file
                     33: will have a number of lines at the end that are just comments.
                     34: Therefore, the config file could possibly grow quite large.
                     35: 
                     36: 7) NO INCLUDE FILES!
                     37: if you use an include file, it'll be flagged as an error. 
                     38: OK if the include file line is commented out though.
                     39: 
                     40: 8) deprecated lines not supported (eg user and group) - they
                     41: may produce an error! (user and group don't, but you can't change
                     42: them)
                     43: 
                     44: IOW, it works, it's just not very elegant and not very robust.
                     45: 
                     46: Hope you find it useful though - I do, as I prevents me having to ever
                     47: wade through the config file and man pages again.
                     48: 
                     49: If you modify it, or add a language file, and you have a spare moment,
                     50: please e-mail me - I won't be upset at all if you fix my poor coding!
                     51: (rather the opposite - I'd be pleased someone found it usefull)
                     52: 
                     53: Cheers,
                     54:        Neil Fisher <neil@magnecor.com.au>