Manage DNS entries

James E. Pratt jpratt at norwich.edu
Mon Mar 3 13:10:01 UTC 2008



> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 5:03 AM
> To: bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: Re: Manage DNS entries
> 
> On 02.03.08 09:55, Jonathan Petersson wrote:
> > Overall, why the need of a UI? You've to fill in the same amount of
> > information anyhow.
> 
> probably to delegate DNS editing to someone without need for file
> editing,
> with better control over domains anyone has access to, and with some
> basic
> checks to avoid adding of invalid records...
> 
> > >>> So far we've been adding and editing DNS entries by manually
> vi'ing the
> > >>> files and reloading named etc..
> > >>> Is there some sort of script or front-end tool to do this
without
> > >>> actually opening the file for vi editing? Its a very boring and
> > >>> repetitive job.
> > >>> We use BIND9 on free bsd.
> 


Not sure if anyone mentioned it but Webmin does a fairly decent job of
managing bind, besides the fact that it will remove any comments you've
made in zone files etc :(


http://www.webmin.com

regards,
jamie


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