yeah okay, it dosen't have speficially to do with debian-sparc, but I'm on this list already, and technically I AM looking for something that'll run on debian-sparc, so yeah it's kind of tangentially related.
If you wanna flame me for posting to the wrong forum, go ahead, I'm wearing my asbestos undies, so I can take the heat ;-) I could not disagree more. There is no need for a GUI to configure BIND for dummies. BIND is what it is, and I'm sure it's great for running big public DNS servers. It's decidedly overkill for what I was trying to do though, and I was just attempting to poll a group of people that decidedly includes a large number of people experienced at running debian-sparc systems like my own for suggestions. thank you for your patience, -Andrew ;-) :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: :: Andrew N. Hicox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :: http://andrew.hicox.com :: :: The revolution will not go better :: with Coke. :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: On Tue, 10 May 2005, Steffen Moeller wrote: > I liked it. Some graphical clicker-clacker configuration tool > alike "BIND for dummies" might be nice to have, indeed. > What this has to do with debian-sparc escapes me. > > Steffen > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >That rant was absolutely hilarious! > > > >--- Andrew Hicox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>The problem is that BIND is a beast, and using it in this manner is > >>like trying to swat a fly with an ICBM. It's using a lot of CPU, and > >>it's a pain in the butt to configure. On top of that, and what's > >>really > >>prompted my to investigate BIND alternatives, is that named just goes > >> > >>absolutely nuts when it can't find a root server, and that happens > >>from > >>time to time from my DSL line. When it can't talk to a root server, > >>named goes all cornolio and logs that fact like crazy, soaks the CPU > >>on > >>the machine and fills up /var in like 20 minutes flat. (this in spite > >> > >>of having category lame-servers { null; }; in named.conf) > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
