Observation of the bad scenario shows no reference to dnsmasq-dhcp after dnsmasq is restarted. * added for emphasis. ---- Good scenario: dnsmasq[2599]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM dnsmasq[2938]: started, version 2.71 cachesize 5000 dnsmasq[2938]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack ipset auth DNSSEC dnsmasq[2938]: DNSSEC validation enabled dnsmasq[2938]: DNSSEC signature timestamps not checked until first cache reload *dnsmasq-dhcp[2938]: DHCP, IP range 172.30.42.130 -- 172.30.42.155, lease time 1d *dnsmasq-dhcp[2938]: DHCP, IP range 172.30.43.100 -- 172.30.43.164, lease time 1d *dnsmasq-dhcp[2938]: DHCP, IP range 172.30.42.2 -- 172.30.42.27, lease time 1d dnsmasq[2938]: using local addresses only for domain home.lan dnsmasq[2938]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf.auto dnsmasq[2938]: using local addresses only for domain home.lan dnsmasq[2938]: using nameserver 66.28.0.45#53 Relevant processes (with context): 2575 root 1180 S /usr/sbin/polipo -c /var/etc/polipo.conf 2938 nobody 2480 S /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -C /var/etc/dnsmasq.conf -k --dnssec-no-timecheck *2941 root 2396 S /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -C /var/etc/dnsmasq.conf -k --dnssec-no-timecheck 3315 root 1128 S /usr/sbin/miniupnpd -f /var/etc/miniupnpd.conf 14381 root 0 SW [kworker/u2:1] --- Bad scenario: dnsmasq[2605]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM dnsmasq[2985]: started, version 2.71 cachesize 5000 dnsmasq[2985]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack ipset auth DNSSEC dnsmasq[2985]: DNSSEC validation enabled dnsmasq[2985]: DNSSEC signature timestamps not checked until first cache reload dnsmasq[2985]: using local addresses only for domain home.lan dnsmasq[2985]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf.auto dnsmasq[2985]: using local addresses only for domain home.lan dnsmasq[2985]: using nameserver 66.28.0.45#53 Relevant processes (with context): 2581 root 1180 S /usr/sbin/polipo -c /var/etc/polipo.conf 2985 nobody 2404 S /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -C /var/etc/dnsmasq.conf -k --dnssec-no-timecheck 3192 root 1128 S /usr/sbin/miniupnpd -f /var/etc/miniupnpd.conf 5599 root 0 SW [kworker/u2:1]