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dnsmasq 2.84

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    2: This is the README for the Dnsmasq webmin module.
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    4: Problems:
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    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. 
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   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.
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   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.
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   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!)
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   27: 5) icons have been shamelessly stolen from the ipfilter module,
   28: specifically the up and down arrows.
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   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.
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   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.
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   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)
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   44: IOW, it works, it's just not very elegant and not very robust.
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   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.
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   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 useful)
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   53: Cheers,
   54: 	Neil Fisher <neil@magnecor.com.au>