next gen h2n

[Lars Hecking]

> > I am looking for a tool that will do sth. like what h2n does but comply
> > better with bind 8 and nicer in multiple domain handling.
> > Could anyone send me a pointer?
> > I am trying to run this tool mainly with Solaris 2.6+ environment.
> 
> I think you're asking too much from a utility that appears to have been
> primarily created as a hosts-to-DNS migration tool. Consider taking the
> plunge and making DNS your "master" name database. There are numerous
> tools out there that can help maintain zonefiles. If you have some broken
> software in your environment which (temporarily) *requires* a hosts file,
> it should be quite easy to write an "n2h" script which would periodically
> generate one from the zonefiles.

 There's nothing intrinsically "broken" with hosts files.

 Care to share your decades of sysadmin experience with us?