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Date:      Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:22:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problems with latest bind9 setup changes
Message-ID:  <20041004131742.A778@bo.vpnaa.bet>
In-Reply-To: <200410021139.49551.freebsd@redesjm.local>
References:  <200410021033.37844.freebsd@redesjm.local> <20041002084741.GA55948@ip.net.ua> <200410021139.49551.freebsd@redesjm.local>

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On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Jose M Rodriguez wrote:
> /usr/src/UPDATING
>
> - If enabled, the default is now to run named in a chroot
> + The default is now to run named in a chroot

I just committed an update to clarify that language.

> IMHO, this is not a good design.  If you ask ten admin about the best named
> chrooted setup, you'll get, at last, twelve setups.

That's correct, although the one I committed was the one I used at 
Yahoo! on hundreds of name servers, and is both thorough and effective. 
I "borrowed" from the best ideas from various knowledgeable sources, and 
my own extensive experience. Of course, if someone has better ideas, I'm 
open to them.

> Making strong support for a chrooted named is really needed.  But moving the
> release default setup to a strong model on that not.

I'm sorry, I don't understand this.

> I'll prefer a sandwidch setup (named_flags="-u bind", named_chroot="") 
> as release default.

Defaulting to using the chroot structure is a good change, and suitable 
for the vast majority of users. If you want something different, the 
knobs are there for you to twist. :)

Doug

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