Help with slave - BIND 9.2.1 RedHat 9
phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Wed Nov 12 18:17:23 UTC 2003
Mike Voss <voss001 at yahoo.com.not4spam> wrote:
> I'm setting up a slave to (eventually) take over primary from an ISP.
> I'm curious - according to DNS and BIND, when setting up a slave, you
> must get a copy of the zone files in use by the master for the initial
> setup. I thought it was possible to do it without doing so. (ie; you
> set up the config, reload, and the files just get created) Can anyone
> tell me for sure if copying the files initially is the only way to do
> it ?
No, you don't need to move the files by yourself. Bind will obtain them
via zone-transfer and save on disk ( in the default config)
> Many thanks,
> Mike
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