WIndows DNS (master) -> BIND (slave)

[Mark Andrews]

> Mark Andrews 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.
> >
> > Slaves get the zone contents from masters.  The only place where
> > you need to create a minimal zone file is to bootstrap a dynamic
> > zone and even then it is on the master that you do this.
> >
> >> 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.)
> >
> > This isn't a FAQ issue.  In 20 years this is the first time
> > I've heard of someone creating a minimal zone for a slave.
> >
> > Googling for 'slave "minimal zone file"' comes up with exactly
> > one page.
> >
> > Mark
> 
> http://groups.google.com/groups/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&num=100&q=%22minimal+zone%22+group%3A*bind*
> 
> 9 hits. Anyone should know how to refine their searches. You even go 
> furthur most like. You just went with "minimal" effort :)

	None of which apply to SLAVE zones (except for the one
	that refers to this thread).  I didn't say that references
	to minimal zones don't exist.

	Again this doesn't meet the definition of a Frequently
	Asked Question.

	Mark
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