How do I get the default Network Manager plus dnsmasq-base setup back again?

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On Jan 5, 2013, at 8:30 PM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>> 
>> A while ago I installed the 'full' dnsmasq package on my desktop machine
>> so that it ran as a the DNS and DHCP server on my LAN.  In addition to
>> installing dnsmasq (and configuring /etc/dnsmasq.conf) I commented out
>> the dns=dnsmasq line in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf.
>> 
>> This setup worked fine for a while but now I want to use another server
>> on my LAN to provide DNS and DHCP.
>> 
>> I have removed the dnsmasq package from my desktop machine and have
>> uncommented the dns=dnsmasq line in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf.
>> However Network Manager *isn't* running dnsmasq as it should.
>> 
>> How do I get back to the default setup with dnsmasq being run by Network
>> manager as a caching DNS server?  I have tried uninstalling and
>> reinstalling Network Manager but that doesn't help at all.
> 
> Have "/etc/default/dnsmasq", "/etc/dnsmasq.conf", "/etc/dnsmasq.d/",
> and "/etc/init.d/dnsmasq" (and any symlinks to the latter in
> "/etc/rcX.d/") been deleted by uninstalling dnsmasq-base?
> 
> Not quite what you want:
> 
> Why don't you re-install dnsmasq and use it as a forwarding and
> caching dns server. You can disable its dhcp-server feature with
> "no-dhcp-<something>" (I've forgotten what "<something>" is) in
> "/etc/dnsmasq.conf".
> 
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