Dnsmasq dies and does not restart itself

[eduperez]

@openwide

What I'm hoping for is, check every 2 mins if dnsmasq is running

That is not how "procd" works: it does not need to check if the process is running, because "procd" is the parent, and gets signaled when the child ends.

[dave14305]

@openwide

Should I set it to be 120 5 5 instead?

2 mins is enough for me to detect it died, and monitor if it restarts properly. I'm also planning to keep a record of logread -f | grep SIGTERM to see if there is a trend, though I doubt it.

From what I read yesterday, the defaults of 3600 5 5 mean if it fails more than 5 times in 3600 seconds, consider it crashed and give up. By setting 3600 to 0, I think it will always try to restart without giving up. I’m not 100% sure of my interpretation though.