FW: [ISC-Bugs #3459] (bind-suggest) BIND

[Marc Kandel]

if you're logged into the Solaris box try:

# grep BIND /var/adm/messages

on my system this shows:

Aug 21 15:30:40 steel named[8131]: [ID 866145 daemon.notice] starting =
BIND 9.2.1 -c etc/named.conf -u bind

hope this helps,

--marc


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph S D Yao [mailto:jsdy at center.osis.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:51 AM
> To: Osborne, Sam
> Cc: bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: Re: FW: [ISC-Bugs #3459] (bind-suggest) BIND
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> On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 03:30:13PM -0400, Osborne, Sam wrote:
> ...
> > > I have a question..... I am running Solaris 2.6 on a Sun=20
> Ultra1 and I'm
> > > going to upgrade to an Ultra 5, Solaris 7. How can I find=20
> out which
> > version
> > > of BIND I am running on Solaris 2.6? Also I am upgrading=20
> to Windows Server
> > > 2000 and Exchange 2000, which requires BIND version 8.1.2=20
> minimum to run
> > > with my Sun Ultra1 Solaris 2.6 DNS server.
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> 	dig chaos txt version.bind @systemname.domainname
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> if that fails, than:
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> 	nslookup -type=3Dtxt -class=3Dchaos version.bind=20
> systemname.domainname
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> > > Can I upgrade my SUN DNS server to Solairs 7 and download=20
> BIND 8.3.3 and
> > > install it on Solaris 7 or does Solaris 7 come with the=20
> version of BIND I
> > > need?
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> Solaris 7 almost certainly comes with an outdated version of BIND,
> since Sun is now releasing Solaris 9.  Get bind 9.2.1 or=20
> 9.2.2.  Or, if
> you must have BIND 8, you can get and install 8.3.3.
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> --=20
> Joe Yao				jsdy at center.osis.gov -=20
> Joseph S. D. Yao
> OSIS Center Systems Support					EMT-B
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