contrib/MacOSX-launchd/launchd-README.txt

   1 This is a launchd item for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server.
   2 For more information about launchd, the
   3 "System wide and per-user daemon/agent manager", see the launchd
   4 man page, or the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchd
   5
   6 This launchd item uses the following flags:
   7 --keep-in-foreground - this is crucial for use with launchd
   8 --log-queries - this is optional and you can remove it
   9 --log-facility=/var/log/dnsmasq.log - again optional instead of system.log
  10
  11 To use this launchd item for dnsmasq:
  12
  13 If you don't already have a folder /Library/LaunchDaemons, then create one:
  14 sudo mkdir /Library/LaunchDaemons
  15 sudo chown root:admin /Library/LaunchDaemons
  16 sudo chmod 775 /Library/LaunchDaemons
  17
  18 Copy uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist there and then set ownership/permissions:
  19 sudo cp uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/
  20 sudo chown root:admin /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist
  21 sudo chmod 644 /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist
  22
  23 Optionally, edit your dnsmasq configuration file to your liking.
  24
  25 To start the launchd job, which starts dnsmaq, reboot or use the command:
  26 sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist
  27
  28 To stop the launchd job, which stops dnsmasq, use the command:
  29 sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist
  30
  31 If you want to permanently stop the launchd job, so it doesn't start the job even after a reboot, use the following command:
  32 sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist
  33
  34 If you make a change to the configuration file, you should relaunch dnsmasq;
  35 to do this unload and then load again:
  36
  37 sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist
  38 sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist