Re: Nsupdate usage scenario

2016-05-04 Thread Alan Clegg
On 5/4/16, 4:27 PM, "/dev/rob0" wrote: >My personal recommendation: get over the idea of looking at zone >files; use "dig axfr example.com. | less". Let named manage and >serve the DNS data as it will. Comments can be included as TXT >records if you like. So much this. AlanC ___

Re: Nsupdate usage scenario

2016-05-04 Thread /dev/rob0
On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 03:17:38PM -0400, Paul Kosinski wrote: > Interesting idea -- it never occurred to me that I could have > separate zone files for sub-domains. Every zone is a subzone of its parent zone. > So, if I had a tiny zone file for "dynamic.example.com" alone, and > a bigger zone

Re: Nsupdate usage scenario

2016-05-04 Thread Paul Kosinski
Interesting idea -- it never occurred to me that I could have separate zone files for sub-domains. So, if I had a tiny zone file for "dynamic.example.com" alone, and a bigger zone file for all the other stuff for "example.com", could I be *sure* that nsupdate would *only* modify the tiny file, and

Re: Nsupdate usage scenario

2016-05-03 Thread Tony Finch
Paul Kosinski wrote: > Except for this single dynamic IP address, the zone file is maintained > by hand with a text editor, so rearranging it into an arbitrary order > would make hand maintenance much more difficult. > > If there is a way to have nsupdate preserve the original order of the > zone

Re: Nsupdate usage scenario

2016-05-02 Thread Matthew Pounsett
On 2 May 2016 at 16:38, wrote: > > > On Mon, May 2, 2016, at 12:15 PM, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > What about using a specific zone file just for the purpose of the single > > A record you want to maintain using dynamic updates? > > Well, this is a timely idea for another issue I've been working on

Re: Nsupdate usage scenario

2016-05-02 Thread jasonsu
On Mon, May 2, 2016, at 12:15 PM, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > What about using a specific zone file just for the purpose of the single > A record you want to maintain using dynamic updates? Well, this is a timely idea for another issue I've been working on ... Could you expand on this a bit? Maybe

Re: Nsupdate usage scenario

2016-05-02 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
Also for the generated master file, have a look at "masterfile-style full;" option. Have a look at the named-compilezone -j with -s full or -s relative so you can compare outputs. ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to un

Re: Nsupdate usage scenario

2016-05-02 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
What about using a specific zone file just for the purpose of the single A record you want to maintain using dynamic updates? ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-