Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 14:43:13 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bind - Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.6 default to 9.2.1 Message-ID: <20021209144313.GE15604@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <002b01c29f8d$229b3f80$0b00a8c0@abell.co.uk> References: <002b01c29f8d$229b3f80$0b00a8c0@abell.co.uk>
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On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 02:13:22PM -0000, Nick Wilson wrote:
> I'm running FreeBSD 4.6 and have ported and installed (successfully, I
> believe) BIND 9.2.1. However if I run named -v the version reporting is
> 8.3.2-T1B as supplied with the FreeBSD release. named-checkconf -v or
> named-checkzone -v report version 9.2.1.
> How do I tell FreeBSD to use the new version of BIND? I've tried editing
> the named-program path in rc.conf but with no effect.
Where did you install the bind9 executables? Check your $PATH to make
sure you're running the binary you think you are. If you (very
sensibly) used the ports/net/bind9 port and didn't muck around with
$PREFIX, then you'll have bind9 named etc. in /usr/local/sbin but
you'll still have the system supplied bind8 named in /usr/sbin:
happy-idiot-talk:~:% /usr/local/sbin/named -v
BIND 9.2.1
happy-idiot-talk:~:% /usr/sbin/named -v
named 8.3.3-REL Sat Dec 7 00:29:52 GMT 2002
root@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/usr.sbin/named
You need to use the full path in /etc/rc.conf to get the right version
to start up at boot time:
happy-idiot-talk:~:% grep ^named /etc/rc.conf
named_enable="YES"
named_flags="-c /etc/namedb/named.conf -u bind -t /var/named"
named_program="/usr/local/sbin/named"
A better check on the running named's identity is perhaps:
happy-idiot-talk:~:% /usr/local/bin/dig @localhost version.bind CHAOS TXT
; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> @localhost version.bind CHAOS TXT
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 26404
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;version.bind. CH TXT
;; ANSWER SECTION:
version.bind. 0 CH TXT "9.2.1"
;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(localhost)
;; WHEN: Mon Dec 9 14:32:11 2002
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 48
Nb. it's not just the named executable that may not appear where you
expect on your $PATH. Same thing with nslookup, dig, host etc. which
all behave subtly differently depending on whether they are the bind8
or bind9 versions.
--
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
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Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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