syncronizing 2 dns server (windows/linux)

[Josh Hyles]

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Thats my complaint. There is PLENTY of docs, but they are in like 100
places. The guy who listed the whole directory shows the problem right
there. There should be ONE doc, not 10-20. It should be a single HTML or pd=
f
or something with chapters and such. I do have the DNS & BIND book, even in
PDF format, but I didn't find what I wanted to know in there. It just seems
disorganized. Much like the rest of the linux community. I don't mean that
as a negative thing, I just think the reason windows is doing so well in
terms of usability and shear number of users is because one company came
together and made one(shitty) piece of software :-) This is totally OT, but
my point is, it would be nice for a couple how-to's to exist, or better
docs. And if I've just stuck my foot in my mouth because I didn't read
something right, or there are good docs that I'm not seeing, then, I do
apologize.

On 9/25/05, Michael_google gmail_Gersten <keybounce at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you check the last few days on this list, you'll see what happens
> when a windows user, who knows their way around Linux/unix, who used
> to use Bind 4 and some fairly complex, small internal networks, who
> knew the protocols used back then (almost certainly out of date now),
> etc., tries to get the latest bind 9 binary distribution to work on
> windows.
>
> There was no "Plug it is and go" sample configuration. The simplest
> configuration -- a local caching name server to work around a broken
> ISP -- did not come with the distribution, and required a "How do I
> set this up?" help call to the list.
>
> Potential concerns with the installer -- including the fact that it
> will let you create a service account without a password, which then
> becomes a useless account -- have been brought up.
>
> Is there a lot of documentation? There certainly is some.
>
> Is there enough for it to be usable out of the box? I'd say no.
>
>
> On 9/25/05, Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Unfotunately, while the source distribution may come with documtation=
,
> > > the end-user (binary) distribution does not, nor is the documentation
> > > easy to find if you don't know where it is.
> > >
> > > See the windows binary distribution :-)
> >
> > Plenty there as far as I can see. Over half the content is
> > documentation.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > unzip -l BIND9.2.5.zip
> > Archive: BIND9.2.5.zip
> > Length Date Time Name
> > -------- ---- ---- ----
> > 49152 12-10-04 08:19 BINDInstall.exe
> > 21166 08-23-04 17:16 Bv9ARM.ch01.html (Documentation)
> > 6134 08-23-04 17:16 Bv9ARM.ch02.html (Documentation)
> > 23426 08-23-04 17:16 Bv9ARM.ch03.html (Documentation)
> > 37310 08-23-04 17:16 Bv9ARM.ch04.html (Documentation)
> > 5085 08-23-04 17:16 Bv9ARM.ch05.html (Documentation)
> > 184772 11-18-04 13:12 Bv9ARM.ch06.html (Documentation)
> > 9423 11-18-04 13:12 Bv9ARM.ch07.html (Documentation)
> > 5415 11-18-04 13:12 Bv9ARM.ch08.html (Documentation)
> > 28907 11-18-04 13:12 Bv9ARM.ch09.html (Documentation)
> > 13100 11-18-04 13:12 Bv9ARM.html (Documentation)
> > 169266 03-03-05 18:03 CHANGES (Documentation)
> > 1631 01-20-05 12:30 COPYRIGHT (Documentation)
> > 16485 01-20-05 12:30 FAQ (Documentation)
> > 31744 04-13-04 16:20 bindevt.dll
> > 65536 03-03-05 18:20 dig.exe
> > 21334 08-28-04 17:11 dig.html (Documentation)
> > 12800 03-03-05 18:20 dnssec-keygen.exe
> > 9974 08-23-04 17:14 dnssec-keygen.html (Documentation)
> > 13824 03-03-05 18:20 dnssec-makekeyset.exe
> > 7368 08-23-04 17:14 dnssec-makekeyset.html (Documentation)
> > 14848 03-03-05 18:20 dnssec-signkey.exe
> > 7029 08-23-04 17:14 dnssec-signkey.html (Documentation)
> > 40960 03-03-05 18:20 dnssec-signzone.exe
> > 9915 08-23-04 17:14 dnssec-signzone.html (Documentation)
> > 57344 03-03-05 18:20 host.exe
> > 8379 08-23-04 17:14 host.html (Documentation)
> > 917504 03-03-05 18:15 libdns.dll
> > 737280 10-16-03 12:09 libeay32.dll
> > 208896 03-03-05 18:12 libisc.dll
> > 20992 03-03-05 18:13 libisccc.dll
> > 53248 03-03-05 18:13 libisccfg.dll
> > 33792 03-03-05 18:12 liblwres.dll
> > 974848 01-05-02 23:48 mfc70.dll
> > 344064 01-05-02 22:37 msvcr70.dll
> > 6144 03-03-05 18:20 named-checkconf.exe
> > 3422 08-23-04 17:14 named-checkconf.html (Documentation)
> > 7168 03-03-05 18:17 named-checkzone.exe
> > 3917 08-23-04 17:14 named-checkzone.html (Documentation)
> > 217088 03-03-05 18:18 named.exe
> > 9378 08-23-04 17:14 named.html (Documentation)
> > 61440 03-03-05 18:17 nslookup.exe
> > 9693 08-23-04 09:35 nslookup.html (Documentation)
> > 27648 03-03-05 18:18 nsupdate.exe
> > 15739 08-23-04 17:15 nsupdate.html (Documentation)
> > 5021 03-11-04 10:35 readme1st.txt (Documentation)
> > 8704 03-03-05 18:20 rndc-confgen.exe
> > 8568 08-23-04 17:15 rndc-confgen.html (Documentation)
> > 7906 08-23-04 17:15 rndc.conf.html (Documentation)
> > 24576 03-03-05 18:20 rndc.exe
> > 7296 08-23-04 17:15 rndc.html (Documentation)
> > -------- -------
> > 4586659 51 files
> >
> > >
> > > (Why does a windows user need Bind? Well, not only does my ISP suffer
> > > from cache corruption, its DNS was failing/not responding for an
> > > evening (at least 6 hours that I know of) recently.)
> > >
> > > On 9/25/05, Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:
> > > > There really is plenty of documentation. Just about all questions
> > > > here could be answered with "upgrade" and/or read the documentation=
.
> > > >
> > > > Mark
> > >
> > --
> > Mark Andrews, ISC
> > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org
> >
>
>
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