Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 22:39:59 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <aklemm@hightek.com> To: Chris Shenton <chris@absinthe.i3inc.com> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bind reports errors when migrating from older linux bind to 2.2.6 Message-ID: <19980504223959.51349@hightek.com> In-Reply-To: <8790ohpyed.fsf@absinthe.i3inc.com>; from Chris Shenton on Mon, May 04, 1998 at 04:35:38PM -0400 References: <19980504191555.15292@hightek.com> <8790ohpyed.fsf@absinthe.i3inc.com>
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On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 04:35:38PM -0400, Chris Shenton wrote: > Andreas Klemm <aklemm@hightek.com> writes: > > > > > May 4 19:04:20 dnsmaster named[99]: host name "gft_novell.gft-eg.de" (owner "gf > > ^--- !!! > > t-eg.de") IN (primary) is invalid - rejecting > > May 4 19:04:20 dnsmaster named[99]: db.gft-eg.de: line 33: database format erro > > r (bad name "gft_novell.gft-eg.de") > > > > How can I make our newer bind compatible for a smooth migration ? > > In this case it's the underscore which is making it unhappy. They're > illegal acording to the RFC but have been in use anyway. I'd change > all underscores to dashes, which are legal. A pain, but even if your > own DNS can be configured to allow underscores, there's not telling > what other people's DNS or clients will do with them. Ok, thanks ! -- B&K Gruppe - Wuppertal <aklemm@hightek.com> phone +49 202 7399 - 170 <andreas@FreeBSD.ORG> fax +49 202 7399 - 100 http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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