Ok, how do I setup a zone xfr? Regards, André Cameron Ô¿Ô¬ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Krabler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:23 AM Subject: RE: DNS BIND 9 Help Please
> The master will send the files (with all the host records) when the > secondary requests a zone xfr. Mike's talking about what you need to do to > configure the primary and secondaries so they can talk with each other and > not any old secondary someone may decide to create. > > <-- Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of André Cameron > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 7:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: DNS BIND 9 Help Please > > > So there is no way for the slave to pull the records directly from the > master? I have to manually add all secondary names? > > Regards, > André Cameron > Ô¿Ô¬ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 1:34 AM > Subject: Re: DNS BIND 9 Help Please > > > > If I'm understanding you, correctly, you can't. > > > > The slave has to know that it is a slave for that domain, and the only way > > to do so is to tell it so in /etc/named.conf. > > > > You also must tell the primary that the slave exists, by placing an NS > > record in the domain's zone file, pointing at the secondary/slave...for > > two reasons: > > > > 1) The primary will be telling the world that the slave is also > > authoritative for the domain, in spite of what the NIC record says (do a > > whois on your domain, and then a "dig in ns" on your domain...sometimes, > > you get different infor in the two results). > > > > 2) By telling the primary, in its zone file, what its secondary servers > > are, you allow the primary to "notify" the secondary/slave that there's > > been an update in the zone, and then the secondary/slave will pull the new > > zone file down, on its own. > > > > If sites were able to be told, from remote, that suddenly they were to be > > a secondary name server, without someone actually logging in, modifying > > the configuration, and telling it it was secondary, there could and > > probably would be rampant abuse. > > > > If it were possible to do so (and I'm glad it's not), then I could simply > > point all my domains at your servers, telling them that they're now > > slaves/secondary name servers, and I could point a ton of traffic at your > > systems...that wouldn't be very friendly, now, would it? <G> > > > > On Wed, 22 May 2002, André Cameron wrote: > > > > > > zone "domain.name.com" { > > > > type slave; > > > > masters { > > > > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; > > > > }; > > > > }; > > > > > > How can I get the slave to automatically pull the zone files from the > master > > > verses me manually adding the slave record every time I add a domain? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Seawolf-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
