nsupdate non-interactive broken

[Paige L. Stafford]

I had the file exactly as you described it all along, and it wasn't 
working.  What I finally ended up doing was using the older bind-8.2.2pl5 
nsupdate.  It works with bind-9 (bind-9's nsupdate broken?).

At 09:34 PM 11/24/00 -0500, you wrote:
>  When I tried it, a blank line at the end of the file worked. I had snoop
>running, and saw the updated packets go out. Try a blank line with no
>spaces in front of the new line, just in case. -pat
>
>  On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Paige L.  Stafford wrote:
>
> > Pat,
> >
> > Yes, I've tried that.  And in the interactive mode, indeed an extra return
> > is needed, but in order to terminate the nsupdate process, a null input is
> > required.
> >
> > I'm only interested in how to get the nsupdate NON-interactive (i.e. input
> > file) working.  A blank line at the end of the input file has no effect...
> > unless there's more to it than you are telling me.
> >
> > At 04:38 PM 11/24/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >  Paige, nsupdate needs a blank line at the end of an inpuit file, if you
> > >are using one. In  interactive mode, don't hit C-D, instead hit an extra
> > >return to sumulate the null last line. (hit enter twice after the
> > >nsupdate command string). -pat
> > >
> > >
> > >On
> > >Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Paige Stafford wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Bind-Users,
> > > >
> > > > I just recently upgraded from bind-8 to bind-9 on my solaris 8 (SunOS
> > > > dnswizard 5.8 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10) machine. With 
> bind-9, I
> > > > am no longer able to use nsupdate non-interactively (the 
> interactive works
> > > > just fine). Here's a short description of what happens:
> > > >
> > > > unix> nsupdate filename
> > > >  >
> > > >
> > > > ...and then waits forever for a control D (or C), and if I give it the
> > > > control D nsupdate returns, but it doesn't do my update.  Anyone 
> else find
> > > > this problem, and if so, any idea how to fix (hard code fix?) or work
> > > > around it?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Paige Stafford.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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>*  Pat Masterson  B38-01,  Northrop Grumman,     *  Ham:KE2LJ
>*  20 Orville Road,                              *  President Grumman Amateur
>*  Bohemia,  NY                                  *  Radio Club  WA2LQO
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