Can not restart dnsmasq due to “ configuration syntax check [fail]”

Question

I restart dnsmasq and get

$ sudo /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
 * Restarting DNS forwarder and DHCP server configuration syntax check   [fail]

From where and how can I troubleshooting?

user91632 · Answer 1 · 2012-09-22 10:28:27Z

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dnsmasq can be configured by editing the file

 /etc/dnsmasq.conf

dhcp config file:

/etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf

answered Sep 22 '12 at 10:28

user91632

	I have never modified these two configure files. Could you give me a example to configure dnsmasq, this issue hasn't been resolved yet. – Victor S Sep 25 '12 at 16:11
	check the following link: help.ubuntu.com/community/Dnsmasq – user91632 Sep 26 '12 at 5:55

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