On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 03:19:02PM -0500, Peter Billson wrote: > I am planning the move from Bind8 to Bind9 on woody and was > wondering if anyone has any tips, gotchas or pointers I should know > before the move.
bind 9 will use a LOT more memory than bind 8. at least double or triple the memory. i'd advise upgrading to the latest bind 8 instead and configuring it to run as user/group 'bind' rather than root. - install the latest bind 8.3.3 package, which has been patched against the recent vulnerability. - create a user and group called bind - chown -R bind.bind /var/cache/bind/ - create or edit /etc/default/bind to look like: OPTIONS="-u bind -g bind" - restart bind with "/etc/init.d/bind restart". read the documentation in /usr/share/doc/bind before doing this. there are some things that bind can't do when running as a non-root user (e.g. it can't bind to new/dynamic IP addresses. not a problem on a static ip server, but requires a bind restart if your link is dialup/dsl/cable/etc and your IP changes). craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
