On 2/5/2011 10:00 πμ, Roland Schwingel wrote:
I subscribed the day I wrote this post and have read the posts
appearing since
than about the LDAP backend. I am a bit astonished about this. In my
eyes the LDAP backend is THE key benefit of powerdns. The easiness in
setting
it up and it's robustness was the key decision point for me to use
powerdns
instead of any other solution.
I agree; So, please post your comment in that thread too! If you think
of anything that would help (by finding developer(s) or funding for) the
project, please give your feedback. Note that the LDAP backend will not
be removed from v3.0, but -if left umaintained- it will not include any
improvements whatsoever. I am doing what I can to avoid this.
I have recently provided (enough, I hope) evidence that the LDAP backend
should remain alive and kicking for many reasons.
I am using it in strict mode as it was more straight forward for me
to set up.
I assume that you don't have any public networks, because with strict
mode you can't have AXFR for reverse zones.
Thanks for this tip. I see what I can do here on my side to give it a
try.
I was also thinking about hacking the resolving of these hosts into
pipe backend
but this is not the ideal solutiong for me.
In fact, it's not a workaround/tip. It's a different approach, which I
believe is better. If you want/need more technical details for the
implementation I suggested, I can provide, although it's
straightforward. The problem in your case - if you follow this plan - is
probably that you would have to modify practically all your RRs (but it
will only be needed once and you'll never need to mess-up with DNS
server configuration for sortlist etc.).
I honestly hope that the LDAP backend will survive in pdns 3.0 as it
is (in my eyes) one of the most vital features of pdns and PowerDNS will
definitely loose a big key feature if it would go away!
Even included in unmaintained status, I have come to believe that the
whole project may be harmed.
And I also hope that some kind of sortlist feature will find its way
into pdns soon.
I don't thing that sorting of replies is so uncommon, so pdns should
support it.
In the meantime I have to find a different solution for my problem.
The project's developers should comment on it. You should file a ticket
here for your request: http://wiki.powerdns.com/trac/ - mention that you
want this for the LDAP backend. I don't know if this would be a
backend-specific implementation or it can be done at the main software
level.
All the best,
Nick
P.S. Please avoid: Top-posting and HTML; both are considered bad
practices in mailing lists.
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