On Dec 14, 2009, at 6:28 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
> Chris Buxton wrote:
>
>> The options { directory ""; }; statement specifies named's working
>> directory (its 'cwd'), not the location of the configuration
>> directory.
>
> I continue to assert that both the code and long custom say that it
> specifies both, and further continue to assert that this is a mistake.
> However it's clear at this point that there is no consensus that this
> behavior should be changed, so I'll make the changes on my end.
Long custom on FreeBSD might say that, but the example I gave of putting config
files in /etc and zone files in /var/named is actually quite well established.
That has generally been the default setup that I've seen on Linux, Solaris, and
Mac OS X, going back to the mid-90's.
Things have gotten more complicated recently as chroot jails become more
common, and as security becomes more of a concern. Debian Linux (and Ubuntu by
inheritance), for example, specifically suggests putting nothing but slave/stub
zone files into the working directory, /var/cache/bind. Master zone data (and
any other data that must be writable by named) is intended to go into
/var/lib/bind, while config data (including default zone data) goes into
/etc/bind. The documentation makes specific mention of using full paths as
needed.
I can't speak to what the code says. I'm not fluent at reading source code.
Chris Buxton
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