WIndows DNS (master) -> BIND (slave)

[Kevin Darcy]

Clenna Lumina wrote:
> Kevin Darcy wrote:
>   
>> Donny Jekels wrote:
>>     
>>> Effectively I learnt today that I do not have to pre-create minimal
>>> zone files for each zone I'd like to dump to the slave.
>>>
>>> Is that fact documented anywhere?
>>>       
>> Why would you expect all possible *negatives* to be enumerated in
>> documentation?
>>
>> - No, you do not need to "pre-create minimal zone files" before doing
>> zone transfers
>> - No, you do not need to declare yourself a candidate for President of
>> the United States before invoking "rndc"
>> - No, you do not need to sacrifice chickens naked by moonlight before
>> constructing a "sortlist" directive (although the insanity induced
>> may help)
>>
>> You assumed something that wasn't the case. Don't blame the
>> documentation. Just deal with it and move on. Lesson learned.
>>
>> - Kevin
>>     
>
> Being a little harsh aren't you? I think theres a big difference between 
> "pre-create minimal zone files" and "sacrifice chickens" or "declare 
> your self a canidate for President". The first actually has something to 
> do with Bind, the others complete do not. I would think it would be 
> worthy of mention in the docs, as no everyone is clear on that sort of 
> thing when you're starting out.
>
> Many things out there have an FAQ section in the docs (Perl, PHP, 
> Apache, etc), seems that would be a perfect section for the "pre-create 
> minimal zone files" issue (stating simply that one need not do so.)
>   
Where do you draw the line on "things that are not necessary in order to 
do X"? I was merely illustrating how ridiculous things can get once you 
start down that slippery slope.

                                                                         
                  - Kevin