Re: Change in zone file formatting after enabling allow-update (lot´s of $ORIGIN)

[Darren Ankney]

Hi,

Have a look at nsupdate
(https://bind9.readthedocs.io/en/v9.18.19/manpages.html#nsupdate-dynamic-dns-update-utility)
as well.  This can be used to update the zone without direct editing
and thus no need for freezing and thawing.

Thank you,

Darren Ankney

On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 3:43 PM Jan-Piet Mens <list at mens.de> wrote:
>
> >After the first automated
> >name change, my zone file was unformatted. I lost the comments and more
> >than 500 occurrences of the ORIGIN parameter were inserted.
>
> Configuring dynamic DNS updates on a zone means that named takes control over
> how the zone file is (periodically) rewritten to disk. There is no way to
> inhibit this. Note also, that the zone file must not be edited by hand without
> prior `rndc freeze' and subsequent `rndc thaw', and note that freezing a zone
> forbids updates.
>
> As a side note I'd like to recommend using the much more granular `update
> policy' on the zone.
>
>         -JP
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