On 01/10/2012 17:34, Mark K. Pettit wrote:
> There are some caveats to trying to use "interface-interval" to pick up new
> IPs. If your BIND drops privileges (e.g., by using the "-u" command-line
> option to named), you might have a problem getting BIND to bind() to the new
> IP addresses.
>
> For example, on FreeBSD if you use "-u" to drop privileges, BIND will not be
> able to bind() to new addresses without modifying the kernel to allow
> non-root users to bind() to port 53.
>
> On modern versions of Linux, BIND can bind() to new IP addresses even with
> the "-u" option because the kernel has a mechanism to allow it.
>
> In my environment (FreeBSD) we've worked around this problem (just recently,
> in fact), and I can provide more details if there's any interest.
well I'm definitely interested. :)
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