Chris. Thanks for the confirmation. Just wanted to make sure I did not miss something.
Yes. You suggestion would work. But, I will leave things as is. It's straight forward and easy for someone else to follow. Thanks again, Mike. Michael D. Cavanagh Phone [916] 853-9658 ________________________________ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this in error, please notify the sender and delete the material from your system. P THINK GREEN. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail notice. ________________________________ From: Chris Buxton [mailto:chris.p.bux...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 11:16 PM To: Mike Cavanagh Cc: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Re: BIND - Declare variable? No. You can set a path in named.conf with the options { directory ...; }; statement, but that single path applies to all unqualified paths in named.conf. You could, however, write this: options { directory "/var/named"; }; logging { channel config_log { file "log/config" [...]; }; channel database_log { file "log/database" [...]; }; }; Your directory structure might include a symlink at /var/named/log pointing to /var/log/dns. Regards, Chris Buxton BlueCat Networks On Nov 3, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Mike Cavanagh wrote: I do not think this is possible, but would like to confirm. I would like to declar a variable, and then use that variable elsewhere within the named.conf file. I have multiple "channel" definitions with "file" options. I want a variable for the path so I can change it once and update all entries: Example: channel config_log { file "/var/log/dns/config" versions 7 size 20m ; channel config_log { file "/var/log/dns/config" versions 7 size 20m ; I would like: FQPN=/var/log/dns channel config_log ( File "$FQPN/config" Version 7 Size 20m ; channel database_log { file "$FQPN/database" versions 7 size 20m ; Obviously, I could take it even further with the version and size parameters. It would be great to reduce this down to: FQPN=/var/log/dns Ch_Opts=Version 7 Size 20m channel config_log ( File "$FQPN/config" $Ch_Opts ; channel database_log { file "$FQPN/database" $Ch_Opts ; Thanks, Mike C _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
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