R-300: uninstall no longer leaves dnsmasq blocking the next install
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Removing the snippet and restarting left dnsmasq enabled and unconstrained on
0.0.0.0:53, so the next byo install's preflight refused and the customer went
debugging a home network that was never at fault.

Ownership is recorded at preflight (the only moment it is a fact - the package
is installed by the agent, not this script) and honoured at removal. Boxes
already in the field carry no record and fail safe to restart-only, with the
reason and the command logged; the preflight message covers them instead.

Not observed live - no installer-v1.27.0 tag is cut. Files R-299..R-301.
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## felhom-host-install.sh v1.27.0 — our removal no longer blocks our reinstall (2026-08-12, R-300)
**Felhom's own uninstall left the thing that makes Felhom's own next install refuse.** `--uninstall`
removed the `/etc/dnsmasq.d/felhom-*.conf` snippet and **restarted** the daemon, leaving the package
installed and the unit enabled. Unconstrained, dnsmasq binds `0.0.0.0:53`, and the next install's byo
preflight hard-refuses with *"a resolver is already bound to :53"*. **The customer reads a message
that looks like it is about their home network, which was never at fault.** Measured on `demo-hp`
2026-08-09; the counterfactual (stop + disable, nothing else changed) made the preflight pass.
**Ownership is recorded, never inferred.** The package is installed **by the AGENT**
(`felhom-agent/internal/lanresolver/lanresolver.go:107`, `apt-get install -y -q dnsmasq`), not by this
script, and conditionally — so at uninstall time "did Felhom install it?" cannot be reconstructed from
anything on the box. **Preflight now records `dnsmasq_preexisting` before anything is installed**,
which is the only moment it is a fact. Deliberately NOT a package-file mtime: that is a heuristic
dressed as a fact, and this project has been bitten by exactly that shape.
**Three cases at removal, and the third is the one that matters for the field:**
| record | action |
|---|---|
| `no` — Felhom installed it | **stop + disable**, so our leftover cannot block our reinstall |
| `yes` — it pre-dated us | restart only (today's behaviour). We never stop a resolver we did not install |
| *absent***every box already in the field** | **restart only, exactly as before**, and say so out loud |
**What the record does for machines already in the field: nothing, deliberately.** They carry no
record, so removal fails safe to the owner's case and leaves dnsmasq running, logging the reason and
the exact command. Silently disabling a resolver on a host we cannot prove we own is the one outcome
worse than the wall this fixes. Those boxes are covered by the preflight message instead.
**The preflight refusal keeps everything it had** — the finding, the two routes, and the explicit
promise not to touch DNS on a host Felhom does not own — and gains the one thing it lacked: **when the
bound resolver is dnsmasq, it says it looks like ours and gives the command** (`systemctl disable --now
dnsmasq`), while still saying to leave it alone if it is the household's.
**NOT OBSERVED LIVE, and therefore NOT PUBLISHED.** The required install → uninstall → install cycle on
`drill-r50` was not run this session, so — like R-297 — this rides in `main`, which publishes nothing
(R-110). **No `installer-v1.27.0` tag is cut.** Both installer fixes now await one drill session.
## felhom-host-install.sh v1.26.0 — an install takes the golden you approved (2026-08-10, R-297)
**Step 7 short-circuited on ANY local golden archive: no version compare, no digest, no warning.**
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@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
set -euo pipefail
SCRIPT_VERSION="1.26.0" # the SINGLE version source (F-1): -h and the run banners follow it.
SCRIPT_VERSION="1.27.0" # the SINGLE version source (F-1): -h and the run banners follow it.
# The hub used to carry a copy for its Setup tab; R-94 DELETED it
# (2026-08-02) because the hub cannot know which version a box runs —
# the Setup command fetches this script at run time. scripts/
@@ -1077,8 +1077,42 @@ run_uninstall() {
[[ -e "$dconf" ]] || continue
run rm -f "$dconf"; _dnsmasq_touched=true
done
if $_dnsmasq_touched && systemctl is-active --quiet dnsmasq 2>/dev/null; then
run systemctl restart dnsmasq || true
# R-300 — OUR OWN REMOVAL USED TO LEAVE THE THING THAT MAKES OUR OWN REINSTALL REFUSE.
#
# Removing the snippet and RESTARTING dnsmasq leaves it running UNCONSTRAINED, so it binds
# 0.0.0.0:53 — and the next install's byo preflight hard-refuses with "a resolver is already bound
# to :53". The customer then reads a message that looks like it is about their home network, which
# was never at fault. Measured on demo-hp 2026-08-09; stopping and disabling it made the preflight
# pass with nothing else changed.
#
# Ownership is honoured, never inferred: `dnsmasq_preexisting` is recorded at PREFLIGHT, before
# anything is installed, which is the only moment it is a fact. Three cases, and the third is the
# one that matters for the field:
# no → Felhom's. Stop + disable, so a reinstall is not blocked by our own leftover.
# yes → the owner's. Restart only (today's behaviour) — we never stop a resolver we did not install.
# "" → NO RECORD. Every box installed before this change is here. FAIL SAFE to the owner's case:
# restart only, exactly as before, and say why. Silently disabling a resolver on a host we
# cannot prove we own is the one outcome worse than the wall this fixes; the preflight's
# new message covers these boxes instead, by naming the leftover and the command.
local _dnsmasq_owner; _dnsmasq_owner=$(_state_get dnsmasq_preexisting)
if $_dnsmasq_touched || systemctl is-enabled --quiet dnsmasq 2>/dev/null; then
case "$_dnsmasq_owner" in
no)
log_info " dnsmasq was installed by Felhom (recorded at install) — stopping + disabling it"
run systemctl disable --now dnsmasq || true
;;
yes)
log_info " dnsmasq pre-dates Felhom (recorded at install) — leaving it running, restarting only"
systemctl is-active --quiet dnsmasq 2>/dev/null && run systemctl restart dnsmasq || true
;;
*)
log_warn " dnsmasq: no ownership record for this box (installed before that was recorded)."
log_warn " Leaving it RUNNING — we do not stop a resolver we cannot prove we installed."
log_warn " If this host had no dnsmasq before Felhom, a reinstall will refuse on the :53"
log_warn " gate; clear it yourself with: systemctl disable --now dnsmasq"
systemctl is-active --quiet dnsmasq 2>/dev/null && run systemctl restart dnsmasq || true
;;
esac
fi
# 5. pveum removal (presence-checked; tolerate-absent; roles deleted only after their grants).
@@ -1138,7 +1172,10 @@ run_uninstall() {
_uninstall_statement full
log_success "UNINSTALL complete — removed: guest $vmid, the felhom-agent (unit/sudoers/binary/state/config+baks/user + selfupdate-artifacts/shared-parent/mkfs-wrapper/pbs-apply-wrapper/hook-snippet/dnsmasq-snippets), the pveum role/user/token/ACL,$( $pool_removed && printf ' the %s pool,' "$PVE_POOL") and $STATE_FILE."
if $REMOVE_GOLDEN; then log_info " golden vzdump: removed."; else log_info " golden vzdump: left in place (--remove-golden to remove)."; fi
log_info " NOTE: the 'sudo' and 'dnsmasq' packages were left installed (system packages); the host record still exists in the hub — remove it there if desired."
# R-300: the packages are still not PURGED (they are system packages and purging them on a host we
# may not own is the wrong blast radius) — but dnsmasq's UNIT is now stopped+disabled when the
# install-time record says Felhom installed it, so our own leftover no longer blocks our own reinstall.
log_info " NOTE: the 'sudo' and 'dnsmasq' packages were left INSTALLED (system packages, not purged); dnsmasq's unit was stopped+disabled only if Felhom installed it. The host record still exists in the hub — remove it there if desired."
$DRY_RUN && log_warn " DRY-RUN: nothing above was actually executed."
return 0
}
@@ -1669,6 +1706,23 @@ step_preflight() {
log_info " acl storages all present or pre-positioned: ${PVE_STORAGES[*]}"
fi
# R-300 — RECORD WHETHER dnsmasq PRE-EXISTS US, HERE, BEFORE ANYTHING IS INSTALLED.
#
# This is the ONLY moment the question is answerable as a fact rather than a guess. The package is
# installed later and conditionally, by the AGENT (`internal/lanresolver`, `apt-get install -y -q
# dnsmasq`) — not by this script — so "did Felhom install it?" cannot be reconstructed at uninstall
# time from anything on the box. Deliberately NOT inferred from a package file's mtime: that is a
# heuristic dressed as a fact, and this project has been bitten by exactly that shape.
#
# Recorded on EVERY mode, because appliance is where the agent actually installs it.
if command -v dpkg-query >/dev/null 2>&1 && dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' dnsmasq 2>/dev/null | grep -q "install ok installed"; then
_state_put dnsmasq_preexisting yes
log_info " dnsmasq: already installed BEFORE Felhom — recorded; uninstall will not touch it"
else
_state_put dnsmasq_preexisting no
log_info " dnsmasq: not present before Felhom — recorded; uninstall may stop+disable it if we install it"
fi
# Host DNS :53 gate (byo only) — GL-8/F6. In byo the agent's own lan-resolver stays OFF (a config
# assert enforces it), so ANY process bound to :53 is the OWNER's — and Felhom needs the guest
# reachable by name on the LAN. Felhom must NOT stop/mask/kill a service on a host it does not own
@@ -1681,9 +1735,21 @@ step_preflight() {
if [[ -n "$_dns53" ]]; then
log_error " a resolver is already bound to :53 on this host:"
echo "$_dns53" | tr -s '[:space:]' ' ' | cut -c1-200 | sed 's/^/ /' >&2
# R-300: the one thing this refusal lacked. A leftover of OUR OWN making reads exactly
# like the household's resolver, and the customer goes debugging a home network that was
# never at fault. Say so when it looks like ours, and give the exact command.
local _hint=""
if echo "$_dns53" | grep -q "dnsmasq"; then
_hint="
THIS LOOKS LIKE OURS. A previous Felhom install leaves the dnsmasq PACKAGE installed and its unit
enabled (only our config snippet is removed), and unconstrained it binds 0.0.0.0:53 — which is what
this gate is seeing. If this host had no dnsmasq before Felhom, clear it with:
systemctl disable --now dnsmasq
Then re-run this installer. If dnsmasq is YOURS, leave it and use one of the two routes above."
fi
die "a resolver is already bound to :53 on this host — Felhom needs the guest reachable by name on your LAN.
Stop or reconfigure that resolver, OR point your LAN DNS at the guest's address, then re-run.
(Felhom does NOT touch DNS services on a host it does not own — this is a refusal, not a change.)"
(Felhom does NOT touch DNS services on a host it does not own — this is a refusal, not a change.)${_hint}"
fi
log_info " host DNS (:53): free"
else