From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 14 09:44:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA17058 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:44:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA17049 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:44:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id JAA02804; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:43:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:43:33 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199812141743.JAA02804@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: dan@dpcsys.com, pentium@cio.net Subject: Re: named flags Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 10:26:48 -0800 (PST) >From: Dan Busarow >On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Anthony Hoelzle wrote: >> can someone tell me the flags to set for named? >All you should need is a -b pointing to your named.{boot|conf} >With the standard install, -b /etc/namedb/named.boot Assuming BIND V4.... Or, if you link /etc/namedb/named.boot to /etc/named.boot ln -s /etc/namedb/named.boot /etc/named.boot you don't need any flags, and /usr/sbin/named.reload will work, too. It also helps reduce any "POLA violation" sense that those of us who also administer non-FreeBSD systems might have. All for no extra charge (beyond the initial manual creation of the link). david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message