From owner-freebsd-isp Mon May 4 13:40:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA19899 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Mon, 4 May 1998 13:40:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sun-test.hightek.com ([194.74.141.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA19830 for ; Mon, 4 May 1998 13:40:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andreas@klemm2.hightek.com) Received: from klemm2.hightek.com ([195.90.203.76]) by sun-test.hightek.com (Netscape Mail Server v1.1) with ESMTP id AAA6724; Mon, 4 May 1998 22:40:01 +0200 Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm2.hightek.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA17391; Mon, 4 May 1998 22:39:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas) Message-ID: <19980504223959.51349@hightek.com> Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 22:39:59 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: Chris Shenton Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bind reports errors when migrating from older linux bind to 2.2.6 References: <19980504191555.15292@hightek.com> <8790ohpyed.fsf@absinthe.i3inc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <8790ohpyed.fsf@absinthe.i3inc.com>; from Chris Shenton on Mon, May 04, 1998 at 04:35:38PM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 04:35:38PM -0400, Chris Shenton wrote: > Andreas Klemm 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 phone +49 202 7399 - 170 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