WIndows DNS (master) -> BIND (slave)

[Donny Jekels]

Kevin/Mark/Clenna,

Thank you all for clearing this up for me.

Much appreciated.
Donny

-----Original Message-----
From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
Behalf Of Clenna Lumina
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 1:44 AM
To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
Subject: Re: WIndows DNS (master) -> BIND (slave)

Mark Andrews wrote:
>> 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=%22m
inimal+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.

Ok maybe it's not a "FAQ" but it may still be worth making a note of in 
the appropriate section of the docs. In virtually any doc I've read 
theres always been some notes somewhere much might be used next to 
never, but they are still there and can very well serve a purpose.

-- 
CL