Why there are some processes related dnsmasq even the dnsmasq service is inactive?
Issue
- The dnsmasq is inactive in my server, but I also found there are some processes related to dnsmasq like below:
# systemctl status dnsmasq.service
● dnsmasq.service - DNS caching server.
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnsmasq.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
# ps -ef|grep dnsmasq
nobody 2529 1 0 Feb01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leaseshelper
root 2530 2529 0 Feb01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leaseshelper
nobody 6072 1 0 Mar06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leaseshelper
root 6073 6072 0 Mar06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leaseshelper
- What is this and how to remove it normally?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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