@DanSchaper
I don't know why not, it isn't something I have changed. Where do I get your version? - ignore got it from github
" Not with v5. If you whitelist the first domain ( link.freebooksys.com ) then the CNAMEs are not checked for blocking. No need to whitelist cb. as that would allow any domain that points to that CNAME through"
I tried whitelisting the domain and it was still being blocked. I had to whitelist the cb. one.
Just added your lighthttp.config but it is failing to start now
"root@PiHole:/etc/lighttpd# systemctl start lighttpd.service
Job for lighttpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status lighttpd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
root@PiHole:/etc/lighttpd# systemctl status lighttpd.service
● lighttpd.service - Lighttpd Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2020-02-22 11:13:50 GMT; 1s ago
Process: 1035 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/lighttpd -tt -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf (code=exited, status=255)
Feb 22 11:13:49 PiHole systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=255
Feb 22 11:13:49 PiHole systemd[1]: Failed to start Lighttpd Daemon.
Feb 22 11:13:49 PiHole systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Unit entered failed state.
Feb 22 11:13:49 PiHole systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 22 11:13:50 PiHole systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Feb 22 11:13:50 PiHole systemd[1]: Stopped Lighttpd Daemon.
Feb 22 11:13:50 PiHole systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Feb 22 11:13:50 PiHole systemd[1]: Failed to start Lighttpd Daemon.
Feb 22 11:13:50 PiHole systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Unit entered failed state.
Feb 22 11:13:50 PiHole systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'."
Nope. Definitely said database is read only when I tried to add it via the web page.
Just updating the image file at the moment will probably be a couple of hours before I can test again.
OK just found out why the lighthttp config is wrong, I am/was using diet.pi and it writes it own.
Will change back to raspberrian.
OK back up.
Just tried agiin using the web page
" Error, something went wrong!
Domain link.freebooksys.comis not a valid domain."
Another issue is with custom dns.
I added my local server with duo & 192.168.1.68 as the address, pihole is happily pinging it but my clients are not seeing it.
Pihole is my dns & dhcp server and router's is dhcp is disabled.
hairybiker@octo:~$ ping duo
ping: duo: Name or service not known
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ping duo
PING duo (192.168.1.68) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from duo (192.168.1.68): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=3.09 ms
64 bytes from duo (192.168.1.68): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=9.62 ms