On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 03:34:10PM -0500, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> 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?)
Huh? Where specifically does bind choke on a tab? I use tabs
in the zone files and the main configuration files for bind 4.x and bind
8.x all the time. I've had no problems. I'm unaware of anywhere that
bind treats tabs different from any other whitespace.
> -JMS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 12:57 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Help.. Redhat DNS and Microsoft NT DNS
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jose M. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 2:25 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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
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I've never had a problem with bind doing this.
> > 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
Mike
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