new to linux

[stiffbeta]

Hopefully this is the correct place to ask as I have just created a dnsmasq.conf.add and saved and restarted but I am seeing in the logs "dnsmasq: illegal repeated keyword at line 19 of /etc/dnsmasq.conf" and it fails to start. How do I actually view this file? I am using telenet and then typing vi /etc/dnsmasq and I get an empty screen with a lot of "~".
Thanks.

 

[RMerlin]

dnsmasq doesn't allow providing the same keyword twice (that includes keywords provided through the command line).

To view the content of the generated file:

more /etc/dnsmasq.conf

 

[stiffbeta]

thank you

 

[stiffbeta]

now that I was able to view my dnsmasq file and I see where the repeat is, would anyone be able to let me know if my dnsmasq.conf.add is redundant or if I need to pare it down. I have read as many post on creating this. It is as follows from the dnsmasq.conf:
pid-file=/var/run/dnsmasq.pid
user=nobody
bind-dynamic
interface=br0
interface=ppp1*
no-dhcp-interface=ppp1*
resolv-file=/tmp/resolv.conf
servers-file=/tmp/resolv.dnsmasq
no-poll
no-negcache
cache-size=1500
min-port=4096
dhcp-range=lan,192.168.1.1,192.168.1.253,255.255.255.0,86400s
dhcp-option=lan,3,192.168.1.254
dhcp-option=lan,252,"\n"
dhcp-authoritative
conf-file=/etc/dnssec-trust-anchors
dnssec
pid-file=/var/run/dnsmasq.pid --->this is where my dnsmasq.conf.add starts. Do I really need anything other than my scope below?
user=nobody
bind dynamic
interface=br0
interface=br1
interface=br2
interface=pppl*
no-dhcp-interface=pppl*
resolv-file=/tmp/resolv.conf
servers-file=/tmp/resolv.dnsmasq
no-poll
no-negcache
cache-size=1500
min-port=4096
no-dhcp-interface=br0
interface=br1---->can just these lines from here down be added?
dhcp-range=br1,192.168.10.100,192.168.10.125,255.255.255.0,86400s
dhcp-option=br1,3,192.168.10.254
dhcp-authoritative
interface=br2
dhcp-range=br2,192.168.100.80,192.168.100.90,255.255.255.128,86400s
dhcp-option=br2,3,192.168.100.126

 

[RMerlin]

Remove any redundant line, such as dhcp-authoritative.

 

[stiffbeta]

wanted to say thanks for this site. it looks like I got it working. I'm new to all this and admittedly a very very slow learner; hell I'm not sure I fully understand all I'm reading lol. This site is AWESOME with the way everyone helps and don't make someone feel stupid