Vi inserts true TAB characters (Ctrl-I) into the file.
BIND chokes on this. Most of the other editors pad the tabs out...
(or was it the other way around?)
-JMS
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 12:57 PM
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Subject: RE: Help.. Redhat DNS and Microsoft NT DNS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jose M. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 2:25 AM
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> Subject: RE: Help.. Redhat DNS and Microsoft NT DNS
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>
> 1) Yes it does work.
> 2) Clue: when editing your DNS config files DO NOT use VI.
> tabs/tab expansion -is- very important when editing
> the DNS files
> I initially wasted a lot of time discovering this,
> thinking that
> something was wrong with DNS.
What type of symptons do you see? The only editor I've used for my named
files is VI and I haven't seen any problems.
Greg
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