diff --git a/src/cache.c b/src/cache.c
index 32192c1..aec9a0b 100644
--- a/src/cache.c
+++ b/src/cache.c
@@ -1407,9 +1407,10 @@ static int eatspace(FILE *f)
     }
 }
 	 
-static int gettok(FILE *f, char *token)
+static int gettok(FILE *f, char *token, size_t buffsz)
 {
-  int c, count = 0;
+  int c;
+  unsigned int count = 0;
  
   while (1)
     {
@@ -1422,7 +1423,7 @@ static int gettok(FILE *f, char *token)
 	  return eatspace(f);
 	}
       
-      if (count < (MAXDNAMESTR - 1))
+      if (count < (buffsz - 1))
 	{
 	  token[count++] = c;
 	  token[count] = 0;
@@ -1447,7 +1448,7 @@ int read_hostsfile(char *filename, unsigned int index, int cache_size, struct cr
   
   lineno += eatspace(f);
   
-  while ((atnl = gettok(f, token)) != -1)
+  while ((atnl = gettok(f, token, MAXDNAMESTR)) != -1)
     {
       if (inet_pton(AF_INET, token, &addr) > 0)
 	{
@@ -1465,7 +1466,7 @@ int read_hostsfile(char *filename, unsigned int index, int cache_size, struct cr
 	{
 	  my_syslog(LOG_ERR, _("bad address at %s line %d"), filename, lineno); 
 	  while (atnl == 0)
-	    atnl = gettok(f, token);
+	    atnl = gettok(f, token, MAXDNAMESTR);
 	  lineno += atnl;
 	  continue;
 	}
@@ -1483,7 +1484,7 @@ int read_hostsfile(char *filename, unsigned int index, int cache_size, struct cr
 	  int fqdn, nomem;
 	  char *canon;
 	  
-	  if ((atnl = gettok(f, token)) == -1)
+	  if ((atnl = gettok(f, token, MAXDNAMESTR)) == -1)
 	    break;
 
 	  fqdn = !!strchr(token, '.');
diff --git a/src/dhcp.c b/src/dhcp.c
index 3f8dc29..6546741 100644
--- a/src/dhcp.c
+++ b/src/dhcp.c
@@ -925,7 +925,8 @@ void dhcp_read_ethers(void)
 {
   FILE *f = fopen(ETHERSFILE, "r");
   unsigned int flags;
-  char *buff = daemon->namebuff;
+  size_t linesz = 0;
+  char *line = NULL;
   char *ip, *cp;
   struct in_addr addr;
   unsigned char hwaddr[ETHER_ADDR_LEN];
@@ -958,22 +959,22 @@ void dhcp_read_ethers(void)
 	up = &config->next;
     }
 
-  while (fgets(buff, MAXDNAMESTR, f))
+  while (get_line_alloc(f, &line, &linesz))
     {
       char *host = NULL;
       
       lineno++;
       
-      while (strlen(buff) > 0 && isspace((unsigned char)buff[strlen(buff)-1]))
-	buff[strlen(buff)-1] = 0;
+      while (strlen(line) > 0 && isspace((unsigned char)line[strlen(line)-1]))
+	line[strlen(line)-1] = 0;
       
-      if ((*buff == '#') || (*buff == '+') || (*buff == 0))
+      if ((*line == '#') || (*line == '+') || (*line == 0))
 	continue;
       
-      for (ip = buff; *ip && !isspace((unsigned char)*ip); ip++);
+      for (ip = line; *ip && !isspace((unsigned char)*ip); ip++);
       for(; *ip && isspace((unsigned char)*ip); ip++)
 	*ip = 0;
-      if (!*ip || parse_hex(buff, hwaddr, ETHER_ADDR_LEN, NULL, NULL) != ETHER_ADDR_LEN)
+      if (!*ip || parse_hex(line, hwaddr, ETHER_ADDR_LEN, NULL, NULL) != ETHER_ADDR_LEN)
 	{
 	  my_syslog(MS_DHCP | LOG_ERR, _("bad line at %s line %d"), ETHERSFILE, lineno); 
 	  continue;
diff --git a/src/dnsmasq.h b/src/dnsmasq.h
index 9bec05b..447b940 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq.h
+++ b/src/dnsmasq.h
@@ -1516,6 +1516,7 @@ void *whine_malloc_real(const char *func, unsigned int line, size_t size);
 void *whine_realloc_real(const char *wrapper, const char *func, unsigned int line, void *ptr, size_t size);
 int expand_buf_real(const char *func, unsigned int line, struct iovec *iov, size_t size);
 int expand_workspace_real(const char *func, unsigned int line, unsigned char ***wkspc, int *szp, int new);
+int get_line_alloc(FILE *f, char **buffp, size_t *sizep);
 int sa_len(union mysockaddr *addr);
 int sockaddr_isequal(const union mysockaddr *s1, const union mysockaddr *s2);
 int sockaddr_isnull(const union mysockaddr *s);
diff --git a/src/helper.c b/src/helper.c
index a594c26..30a7197 100644
--- a/src/helper.c
+++ b/src/helper.c
@@ -533,18 +533,12 @@ int create_helper(int event_fd, int err_fd, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, long max_fd)
 		close(pipeout[0]);
 	      else
 		{
-		  while (fgets(daemon->packet, daemon->packet_buff_sz, fp))
-		    {
-		      /* do not include new lines, log will append them */
-		      size_t len = strlen(daemon->packet);
-		      if (len > 0)
-			{
-			  --len;
-			  if (daemon->packet[len] == '\n')
-			    daemon->packet[len] = 0;
-			}
-		      send_event(event_fd, EVENT_SCRIPT_LOG, 0, daemon->packet);
-		    }
+		  char *line = NULL;
+		  size_t linesz = 0;
+		  
+		  while (get_line_alloc(fp, &line, &linesz))
+		    send_event(event_fd, EVENT_SCRIPT_LOG, 0, line);
+		    
 		  fclose(fp);
 		}
 	    }
diff --git a/src/network.c b/src/network.c
index 8985e84..9015b34 100644
--- a/src/network.c
+++ b/src/network.c
@@ -1699,19 +1699,19 @@ void check_servers(int no_loop_check)
 int reload_servers(char *fname)
 {
   FILE *f;
-  char *line;
+  char *line = NULL;
+  size_t linesz = 0;
   int gotone = 0;
 
-  /* buff happens to be MAXDNAMESTR long... */
   if (!(f = fopen(fname, "r")))
     {
       my_syslog(LOG_ERR, _("failed to read %s: %s"), fname, strerror(errno));
       return 0;
     }
-   
+  
   mark_servers(SERV_FROM_RESOLV);
-    
-  while ((line = fgets(daemon->namebuff, MAXDNAMESTR, f)))
+  
+  while (get_line_alloc(f, &line, &linesz))
     {
       union mysockaddr addr, source_addr;
       char *token = strtok(line, " \t\n\r");
diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index 2bb9e91..1ba8335 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -5471,9 +5471,20 @@ err:
 static void read_file(char *file, FILE *f, int hard_opt, int from_script)	
 {
   volatile int lineno = 0;
-  char *buff = daemon->namebuff;
+  char *buff;
+  size_t buffsz;
+
+  /* Memory allocation failure longjmps here if mem_recover == 1 */ 
+  if (hard_opt != 0)
+    {
+      setjmp(mem_jmp);
+      mem_recover = 1;
+    }
   
-  while (fgets(buff, MAXDNAMESTR, f))
+  buff = NULL;
+  buffsz = 0;
+
+  while (get_line_alloc(f, &buff, &buffsz))
     {
       int white, i;
       volatile int option;
@@ -5481,15 +5492,7 @@ static void read_file(char *file, FILE *f, int hard_opt, int from_script)
       size_t len;
 
       option = (hard_opt == LOPT_REV_SERV) ? 0 : hard_opt;
-
-      /* Memory allocation failure longjmps here if mem_recover == 1 */ 
-      if (option != 0 || hard_opt == LOPT_REV_SERV)
-	{
-	  if (setjmp(mem_jmp))
-	    continue;
-	  mem_recover = 1;
-	}
-
+      
       arg = NULL;
       lineno++;
       errmess = NULL;
@@ -5949,16 +5952,15 @@ void reread_dhcp(void)
 void read_opts(int argc, char **argv, char *compile_opts)
 {
   size_t argbuf_size = 300;
-  char *argbuf = opt_malloc(argbuf_size);
-  char *buff = opt_malloc(MAXDNAMESTR+1);
+  char *argbuf = safe_malloc(argbuf_size);
   int option, testmode = 0;
   char *arg, *conffile = NULL;
   
   opterr = 0;
-
+  
   daemon = opt_malloc(sizeof(struct daemon));
   memset(daemon, 0, sizeof(struct daemon));
-  daemon->namebuff = buff;
+  daemon->namebuff = safe_malloc(MAXDNAMESTR+1);
   daemon->workspacename = safe_malloc(MAXDNAMESTR+1);
   daemon->addrbuff = safe_malloc(ADDRSTRLEN);
   
@@ -6197,9 +6199,9 @@ void read_opts(int argc, char **argv, char *compile_opts)
   /* create default, if not specified */
   if (daemon->authserver && !daemon->hostmaster)
     {
-      strcpy(buff, "hostmaster.");
-      strcat(buff, daemon->authserver);
-      daemon->hostmaster = opt_string_alloc(buff);
+      strcpy(daemon->namebuff, "hostmaster.");
+      strncat(daemon->namebuff, daemon->authserver, MAXDNAMESTR - strlen(daemon->namebuff));
+      daemon->hostmaster = opt_string_alloc(daemon->namebuff);
     }
 
   if (!daemon->dhcp_pxe_vendors)
@@ -6214,11 +6216,11 @@ void read_opts(int argc, char **argv, char *compile_opts)
     {
       struct mx_srv_record *mx;
       
-      if (gethostname(buff, MAXDNAMESTR) == -1)
+      if (gethostname(daemon->namebuff, MAXDNAMESTR) == -1)
 	die(_("cannot get host-name: %s"), NULL, EC_MISC);
       
       for (mx = daemon->mxnames; mx; mx = mx->next)
-	if (!mx->issrv && hostname_isequal(mx->name, buff))
+	if (!mx->issrv && hostname_isequal(mx->name, daemon->namebuff))
 	  break;
       
       if ((daemon->mxtarget || option_bool(OPT_LOCALMX)) && !mx)
@@ -6227,12 +6229,12 @@ void read_opts(int argc, char **argv, char *compile_opts)
 	  mx->next = daemon->mxnames;
 	  mx->issrv = 0;
 	  mx->target = NULL;
-	  mx->name = opt_string_alloc(buff);
+	  mx->name = opt_string_alloc(daemon->namebuff);
 	  daemon->mxnames = mx;
 	}
       
       if (!daemon->mxtarget)
-	daemon->mxtarget = opt_string_alloc(buff);
+	daemon->mxtarget = opt_string_alloc(daemon->namebuff);
 
       for (mx = daemon->mxnames; mx; mx = mx->next)
 	if (!mx->issrv && !mx->target)
@@ -6247,7 +6249,8 @@ void read_opts(int argc, char **argv, char *compile_opts)
   
   if (option_bool(OPT_RESOLV_DOMAIN))
     {
-      char *line;
+      char *line = NULL;
+      size_t linesz = 0;
       FILE *f;
 
       if (option_bool(OPT_NO_RESOLV) ||
@@ -6258,7 +6261,7 @@ void read_opts(int argc, char **argv, char *compile_opts)
       if (!(f = fopen((daemon->resolv_files)->name, "r")))
 	die(_("failed to read %s: %s"), (daemon->resolv_files)->name, EC_FILE);
       
-      while ((line = fgets(buff, MAXDNAMESTR, f)))
+      while (get_line_alloc(f, &line, &linesz))
 	{
 	  char *token = strtok(line, " \t\n\r");
 	  
@@ -6278,7 +6281,7 @@ void read_opts(int argc, char **argv, char *compile_opts)
 
   if (daemon->domain_suffix)
     {
-       /* add domain for any srv record without one. */
+      /* add domain for any srv record without one. */
       struct mx_srv_record *srv;
       
       for (srv = daemon->mxnames; srv; srv = srv->next)
@@ -6288,11 +6291,11 @@ void read_opts(int argc, char **argv, char *compile_opts)
 	  {
 	    if (strlen(srv->name) + 1 + strlen(daemon->domain_suffix) > MAXDNAMESTR)
 	      die(_("srv-host name %s too long after domain appended"), srv->name, EC_MISC);
-	    strcpy(buff, srv->name);
-	    strcat(buff, ".");
-	    strcat(buff, daemon->domain_suffix);
+	    strcpy(daemon->namebuff, srv->name);
+	    strcat(daemon->namebuff, ".");
+	    strcat(daemon->namebuff, daemon->domain_suffix);
 	    free(srv->name);
-	    if (!(srv->name = canonicalise_opt(buff)))
+	    if (!(srv->name = canonicalise_opt(daemon->namebuff)))
 	      die(_("bad srv-host name %s after domain appended"), srv->name, EC_MISC); 
 	  }
     }
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index fe6624c..b41b7c1 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -1027,3 +1027,53 @@ void free_real(const char *func, unsigned int line, void *ptr)
       free(ptr);
     }
 }
+
+/* get lines from f, expand buffer as required. Buffer is freed when
+   EOF reached and we return zero. */
+int get_line_alloc(FILE *f, char **buffp, size_t *sizep)
+{
+  char c;
+  size_t cnt = 0;
+  char *buff = *buffp;
+  
+  while (1) {
+    c = getc(f);
+
+    if (cnt == *sizep)
+      {
+	void *new;
+	
+	if ((new = whine_realloc(*buffp, cnt + 1024)))
+	  {
+	    buff = *buffp = new;
+	    *sizep = cnt + 1024; 
+	  }
+	else
+	  {
+	    /* allocation failed, ignore line. Whine_realloc will have complained. */
+	    while (c != '\n' && c != EOF) 
+	      c = getc(f);
+	    
+	    cnt = 0;
+	    continue;
+	  }
+      }
+
+    buff[cnt] = 0;
+
+    if (c == '\n')
+      return 1;
+    
+    if (c == EOF) /* handle last line with no '\n' */
+      {
+	/* handle last line without '\n' */
+	if (cnt != 0)
+	  return 1;
+
+	free(buff);
+	return 0;
+      }
+	
+    buff[cnt++] = c;
+  }
+}