delete /etc/dnsmasq.d/ 02-custom-settings.conf

[Faulerapfel]

Hi

I have Pi-hole running on a VM at my Qnap NAS

I have tried to fix the DNSMASQ_WARN Warning in dnsmasq core:
Maximum number of concurrent DNS queries reached (max: 150) by following the steps of the mentioned topic.

[Resolved] Maximum number of concurrent DNS queries reached

I have been working to find solutions based on the above concern; most posts on the forum explain in some regards how to troubleshoot to attempt to overcome this concern, and rarely have a guide or how-to, to resolve the concern in detail. Below list the following detailed steps that were taking to attempt to resolve this concern: Connect to pihole via SSH Navigate to /etc/dnsmasq.d/ check to see if the following .conf exists on your Pihole instance 02-custom-settings.conf If this …

Unfortionatly i seam to have done some mistake and PIhole is not working anymore. I got following fault. DNSMASQ_CONFIG FTL failed to start due to cannot read /etc/dnsmasq.d/02-custom-settings.conf.save: Permission denied

I have tried to delete the file by moving it to the recycle bin. It tries to open a window but I can not see what it is telling (Speed is not so well f the VM).
I have tried to delete it via the terminal (rm /etc/dnsmasq.d/02-custom-settings.conf.save) but it does not find the path
Any Idea how i can solve this?

[rdwebdesign]

This file ends with .save which shows this was probably created by the text editor as an "auto-save" file when you were editing it.

@Faulerapfel

I have tried to delete it via the terminal (rm /etc/dnsmasq.d/02-custom-settings.conf.save) but it does not find the path

What is the output of ls -la /etc/dnsmasq.d ?

[Faulerapfel]

[rdwebdesign]

As you can see, the file permissions are different than the other files: -rw-------

You can remove the file with:

sudo rm /etc/dnsmasq.d/02-custom-settings.conf.save

[Faulerapfel]

That is what I have tried also by myself it gives me following fault.

It only tells me that it is not possible to remove file or directory not found

[Faulerapfel]

I got it now.
i used cd to change directory to the /etc/dnsmasq.d folder

afterwards i tried to rm again but faild with same fault

i have tried to use sudo rm -rf but it told me that I do not have the rights for it what made me skeptical

i have checked about immutable Bit with lsattr and deleted the immutable bit with chattr -i
afterwards i was able to delete the file

[chrislph]

Note that in the first two attempts you typed .safe instead of .save, so the file was not found. In the third attempt there was no sudo so you did not have enough privilege to delete it. In the final attempt you used sudo and the filename was correct and it successfully deleted.