Bind 8 named.conf to Bind 9

Mark_Andrews at isc.org Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Wed Sep 19 23:20:53 UTC 2001


> 
> Wild Eep wrote:
> 
> > I have RedHat 7.1 installed and have named.conf and /var/named files from a
> > Bind 8 machine and want to put them on a machine running Bind 9.1.0 to be
> > exactly like the old Bind 8 was.  Those are the only files that have been
> > saved.  Thanks
> 
> Generally speaking, if all of your zonefiles and zone data are legit, then yo
> u
> shouldn't have any problems running them under BIND 9. But if you're doing
> illegitimate stuff like multiple-cname's, "CNAME and other data", or if you'r
> e
> relying on the SOA MINIMUM to establish your default TTL (instead of using th
> e
> $TTL directive or explicit TTLs in your zonefiles), you'll be in for a nasty
> shock. See the doc/misc/migration file for all of the migration gotchas.
> 
> 
> - Kevin

	Also get at least BIND 9.1.3.

	Mark
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