Re: [CentOS] DNS bind - use of /etc/named directory

2018-12-07 Thread John Horne
On Tue, 2018-12-04 at 00:51 +, John Horne wrote: > > For many years we have modified the '/etc/named.conf' file to include local > settings. The disadvantage with this is of course that when bind is updated, > it creates an '/etc/named.conf.rpmnew' file. We then have to determine what > is new,

Re: [CentOS] DNS bind - use of /etc/named directory

2018-12-04 Thread J Martin Rushton via CentOS
On 04/12/18 09:41, John Horne wrote: > On Tue, 2018-12-04 at 08:19 +, J Martin Rushton via CentOS wrote: >> The '/etc/named.conf.rpmnew' file supplied is a bare minimum to >> "configure the ... server as a caching only nameserver (as a localhost >> DNS resolver only)". As soon as you start add

Re: [CentOS] DNS bind - use of /etc/named directory

2018-12-04 Thread John Horne
On Tue, 2018-12-04 at 08:19 +, J Martin Rushton via CentOS wrote: > The '/etc/named.conf.rpmnew' file supplied is a bare minimum to > "configure the ... server as a caching only nameserver (as a localhost > DNS resolver only)". As soon as you start adding any structure to it > things change, n

Re: [CentOS] DNS bind - use of /etc/named directory

2018-12-04 Thread J Martin Rushton via CentOS
The '/etc/named.conf.rpmnew' file supplied is a bare minimum to "configure the ... server as a caching only nameserver (as a localhost DNS resolver only)". As soon as you start adding any structure to it things change, not just are added to. See '/usr/share/doc/bind-*/sample/etc/named.conf' for e

[CentOS] DNS bind - use of /etc/named directory

2018-12-03 Thread John Horne
Hello, For many years we have modified the '/etc/named.conf' file to include local settings. The disadvantage with this is of course that when bind is updated, it creates an '/etc/named.conf.rpmnew' file. We then have to determine what is new, and apply the relevant changes to our modified named.c