On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 11:49:26AM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > | and writing your "zone files" (which you'll have to do regardless of > | what DNS software you which to use). > > Technically this isn't true. A DNS server isn't required to store the > zones in the same format as bind. djbdns comes to mind, as (IIRC) it > stores the records as funkily named empty files in a certain > directory. This is not meant to start an ISC vs. DJB (vs. others) > war, but merely to point out that different systems can choose to have > a different admin interface.
Actually, djbdns stores zone info in a cdb database. I haven't looked at my config in a while (I love that about djbdns) but IIRC it's possible that a few config options are implemented using "funkily named empty files in a certain directory". -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quando omni flunkus moritati. -- Possum Lodge Motto
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