http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131075 http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131075#c7 --- Comment #7 from Reinhard Max <max@suse.com> --- I checked this again, and dnsmasq only needs the directory containing the resolv file for a successful startup, so that it can put an inotify on it. The resolv file itself does not need to exist and will be picked up by dnsmasq through inotify as soon as it appears. So, either /etc or /var/run/netconfig must be missing at the point in time when dnsmasq fails to start. Unfortunately these two cases cannot be distinguished from the error message and I cannot imagine for either of the two to not exist at that point in time, given that dnsmasq orders itself After=network.target . -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.