Installing dnsmasq with Homebrew

Question

I have installed dnsmasq using Homebrew. All seemed to go fine installing.

After installing I followed the instructions...

cp /usr/local/opt/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.conf.example /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist

The Problem: dnsmasq doesn't seem to to bes working. When I run:

sudo dnsmasq

I get:

dnsmasq: failed to create listening socket for 127.0.0.1: Address already in use

When I run:

sudo launchctl stop /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist

I get:

launchctl stop error: No such process

Any ideas what is going on or how to tell if it is installed and running correctly?

Open your Activity Monitor, select All processes and use the filter in order to check that dnsmasq is not already running — jabaldonedo, May 18 '13 at 21:19
I take that back... I hadn't selected "All Processes". It is there :) — Matt Fordham, May 19 '13 at 05:13

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '13 at 23:41

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launchctl stop takes a job label, not a path (same with launchctl's stop and list commands). Assuming the label is homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq, you can check the daemon's status with sudo launchctl list homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq (if it has a PID listed, it's running), and if necessary stop it with sudo launchctl stop homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq. If that's not the right label, check in /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist for the string following the Label key.

answered May 18 '13 at 23:41

Gordon Davisson

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Great, that helped, thanks. I still can't get dnsmasq to work, although it appears to be running. I'll open another issue. – Matt Fordham May 19 '13 at 05:15

Installing dnsmasq with Homebrew

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