Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 08:33:55 +0100 From: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS Tools - Zone File Creation Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20010107082319.0522d9e0@mail.Go2France.com> In-Reply-To: <002501c07874$f7c07aa0$978e1ccb@r2d2>
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>I manage all my zones manually and don't mind. I do a search and replace in >vi. However, I have to create a number of zone files all in one go and was >wondering if anyone has any scripts to create the zone files. If you use the $INCLUDE of BIND8, you can greatly simplify the zone files and errors and maintenance. And if you do a lot of virtual www/ftp/smtp hosting where many domains have the same ip's (A records) for their www/ftp services and you have one or two mail servers with virtual mail hosts, then you can often use just one zone file for any number of separate domains. I helped one ISP upgrade 150 zones from W2K DNS to BIND8, and with the above techniques, I reduced his zone files to just 4. No enough of zone files bothering to develop a script for. Adding a new zone for him was just duplicating a line in his named.conf with no modification of the common zone file. Len http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : Binary for ISC BIND 8.2.3 T9B for NT4 & W2K http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-spam mail gateways To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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