>From one newbie to another, drop Bind and go with djbdns. I tried both and djbdns was 10* easyer to use and install. In two days I had DNS resolution working. Much easier tutorials to follow with clear examples. And it's in ports.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Fujie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dragoncrest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Need help with newbie training on DNS/Bind > It's not really a "tutorial", but I learned how to configure BIND and do > basic administration using O'Reilly's "DNS and BIND, 4th ed.". O'Reilly > has also recently published a "Bind Cookbook" (don't remember the exact > title), which has lots of examples of common BIND configurations. > > Most of the general "Introduction to UNIX/Freebsd" type books seem to > have chapters on DNS and BIND as well. > > I have a feeling you were thinking more in terms of free docs, but for a > topic as fundamental as DNS, a good book can be worth the cost of > admission. > > Mark > > > > On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 23:12, Dragoncrest wrote: > > Anyone know of a good tutorial I could use to teach someone how to work > > with Bind 9.2 on Freebsd as well as DNS? AKA adding and removing records, > > administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, etc. I have a newbie who I > > need to teach how to maintain one of our DNS servers and I'd like to do it > > right. I could teach him from what I know, but that would be like teaching > > a dog to drive a car. :) > > > > I want something in writing, on paper that he can take home at the end of > > the day and soak up the info I drilled into him on that day so that he can > > learn faster. Can anyone help with this? I searched, but the tutorials I > > found so far suck. Think newbie who's never touched bind. :) Thanks again. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
