Quoting "Rolf Sommerhalder" <rolf.sommerhal...@alumni.ethz.ch>:
Hello list, Can you recommend any GUI that enables junior IT staff to maintain basic DNS Resource Records (such as for ex.. A, PTR, CNAME,...) for BIND 9 running on OpenBSD? Also, I will consider alternatives to named(8), provided that they support an authoritative, split DNS server and some simple GUI, all running on OpenBSD. So far, I have been looking at webmin, Binder, smbind, ProBIND, DNS Control, adadns. None of them appears to have a OpenBSD port yet. Their maturity & development activity appears to vary widely.
I have used webmin for a while to allow simple changes to be made to our wireless gateway by others in the team who do not normally deal with it (e.g. during holiday periods etc. (I have not used the BIND module, so cannot comment on that). In its favour - a) simple install, just run the setup script b) very easy updates of core system and modules c) Custom Command module is VERY useful for setting up CLI commands needed by staff who can never remember them (to be honest that includes me sometimes!). Can also be safer than allowing them control of e.g. BIND through the BIND module, from where they could do a lot of damage Not in its favour - a) it is a GUI Make sure you use SSL - requires p5-Net-SSLeay Al -- Dr Alastair F. Brown, Head of Computing MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK Mailto:alastair.br...@hgu.mrc.ac.uk http://www.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/Users/Alastair.Brown/ Fax: +44 (0)131 467 8456 Phone: +44 (0)131 332 2471
