Re: How to run and manage a DNS server.

2007-06-07 Thread Bray Mailloux
Tom Van Looy wrote: http://lifewithdjbdns.org (henning@ wrote this ;-) It's not about bind but it has stuff about mysql and ISP-Environments. So it may be of your interest. Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: well here is a question, I was wondering if there would be anyway to make OpenBSD based DNS ser

Re: How to run and manage a DNS server.

2007-06-06 Thread Tom Van Looy
http://lifewithdjbdns.org (henning@ wrote this ;-) It's not about bind but it has stuff about mysql and ISP-Environments. So it may be of your interest. Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: well here is a question, I was wondering if there would be anyway to make OpenBSD based DNS servers have a PostgreSQL

Re: How to run and manage a DNS server.

2007-06-06 Thread Open Phugu
On 6/6/07, Sam Fourman Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: well here is a question, I was wondering if there would be anyway to make OpenBSD based DNS servers have a PostgreSQL backend. (I know there will be a performance hit) This (http://home.tiscali.cz:8080/~cz210552/sqldns.html) might do what y

Re: How to run and manage a DNS server.

2007-06-06 Thread Chris Kuethe
On 6/6/07, Karl R Balsmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... and restarted named/bind. -important because named/bind only parses the new changes in the config after a restart -maybe i'm wrong here but it's a good practice to get in the habit of [assuring daemons re-read config files after change

Re: How to run and manage a DNS server.

2007-06-06 Thread Daniel Ouellet
More for you. Go here: http://openbsdsupport.org/ 4th one from the top called "OpenBSD as a domain name server" Also you can read to get understanding of DNS usage here: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html ( that's not bind, but provide good detials on how things work as well) Same here: http://li

Re: How to run and manage a DNS server.

2007-06-06 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: well here is a question, I was wondering if there would be anyway to make OpenBSD based DNS servers have a PostgreSQL backend. (I know there will be a performance hit) and does anyone know of a gtk front end for DNS management? or maybe a web based solution that is just D

Re: How to run and manage a DNS server.

2007-06-06 Thread Karl R Balsmeier
Basically since this is openbsd, my last obsd box came with chrooted 'named' already present on the machine. I edited the config files named.conf, dropped in a 'zone file' for mydomain.com, with the proper syntax, serial number (today's date with a 01 as: 2007060601), and restarted named/bind.

Re: How to run and manage a DNS server.

2007-06-06 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
well here is a question, I was wondering if there would be anyway to make OpenBSD based DNS servers have a PostgreSQL backend. (I know there will be a performance hit) and does anyone know of a gtk front end for DNS management? or maybe a web based solution that is just DNS not like a full instal

Re: How to run and manage a DNS server.

2007-06-06 Thread Open Phugu
On 6/6/07, Bray Mailloux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello; This is my first time managing anything larger than a simple dhcp or pf box and I'm wondering if there is anyone available on this list who can answer a few questions I have concerning the creation and management of DNS servers. Give us

How to run and manage a DNS server.

2007-06-06 Thread Bray Mailloux
Hello; This is my first time managing anything larger than a simple dhcp or pf box and I'm wondering if there is anyone available on this list who can answer a few questions I have concerning the creation and management of DNS servers. Thanks; Bray.