On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:53:26 -0400, Stewart Dean <sd...@bard.edu> wrote: > On AIX, I'm used to /etc/dns. CentOS seems to place in /var/named. Is > there > any blessed, bestofallpossibleworlds place for the zone files. I'm moving > our > DNS from from AIX to CentOS/Fedora. I'm inclined to create the /etc/dns > dir but > maybe it'd be better to put it in /var/named.....Comments, brickbats?
I've worked with both. Prefer /var/named, but this is MY preference. I'd suggest using whatever is the standard default for the operating system you are running. This allows new sysadmins to come in and be productive quicker (but only a little quicker). And then you have the possiblity of using a "chroot" environment, which can mess everything up even further. Then again, I am saying to use the normal default OS directory to assist new sysadmins. I'd be a little scared of any sysadmin that came in and couldn't deal with whatever was on the machine. The real key is to use the directory that is specified in the named.conf file, when in the "chroot" location that "named" runs with. Guessing causes mistakes, and "assume" means ... Bill Larson _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
