Bob Proulx via Dng said on Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:57:36 -0700 >Mike Tubby wrote: >> ... but if you run a nameserver you may well need: >> >> /var/cache/bind >> >> as that's where your zonefiles are ;-) > >Sorry. No. I am curious what led you to that conclusion? > >By default in the Debian packaged configuration only the cached zone >files downloaded on secondaries are located there. (The upstream BIND >does not specify a default location. This is a distro package default >location.) Since it is a package default the local admin may also >change it to any other location they wish. But /var/cache is as good >of a location as any for cached files. > >And therefore by all means delete that directory any time you feel >like doing so and recreate it empty.
Now that I have this new information, I retract my particular insult for BIND. I still don't like it for various reasons, but fair's fair; at least they didn't put config in a cache directory. SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
