On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:06:57 -0400 Bob Harold <rharo...@umich.edu> wrote: >>[...] > Thanks for the explanation, and for asking for input. > And thanks for maintaining BIND, we depend on it. > > My group manages about 3000 zones. > In my opinion, 'everything' should be inherited, to make the configuration > as simple as possible. And it should be possible to override any setting > at a lower level, for the exceptions. It would be even better if I could > 'group' zones and set configurations on the group. Repeating the same > configuration thousands of times seems like a waste. I would even set > "masters" and 'type' at the top level if I could, since 90% of my zones > come from the same hidden master. And if the file name could have a > default or a pattern, that could be set at the top also, leaving only a > list of zones names for most zones. > > If you make the change, I can live with it, but it is not my preference, > and does not seem like an improvement. > > -- > Bob Harold
Thank you very much. It seems I am not alone with my way of using BIND. Exactly such a setup is the cause for my suggestion of a "zone-default" statement in another post. This would allow the grouping that you are looking for. -- Regards, Stephan von Krawczynski _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users