Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 09:51:08 +0100 From: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unbound in FreeBSD 10 Message-ID: <54A7AD7C.5090807@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <20150103094040.0cc0f867.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <54A7A35B.8070201@eskk.nu> <20150103094040.0cc0f867.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon skrev 2015-01-03 09:40: > On Sat, 03 Jan 2015 09:07:55 +0100, Leslie Jensen wrote: >> With the omission of BIND from FreeBSD I've lost the "dig" command. I >> use the "dig" command in some scripts to make a list of trusted hosts >> that can access the local network from the outside. >> >> Replacing the "dig" command in my scripts are crucial to the functionality. > While dig belongs to bind, unbound is using drill. > You could probably create a symlink to keep your > scripts' use of dig. > > Additionally, you could stop using unbound at all > and install bind from ports. This will of course > come with the dig command, and you could basically > use your old system's bind configuration, you just > have to make the move from /etc to /usr/local/etc > for the configuration files. > > There is nothing wrong using bind from ports. It's > just that bind not part of the OS distribution anymore, > because unbound offers the "more simple features" of > bind for DNS resolving, and for everything else, bind > from ports can still be used. It's also a newer version > than the one which came with the OS. > > Thanks for you answer :-) I did try to replace dig with drill in the scripts. It did not work. I'll try your suggestion with a symlink. Your suggestion of using bind has crossed my mind. After reading up on unbound I can understand the reason to the change. I've been goggling for quite a while to find descriptions on how to use Unbound but very little useful information has turned up. /Leslie
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