bind9: automatically generate reverse zone file?

[Kevin Darcy]

Jan Harnisch wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> sorry, this is probably a quite stupid question, so I am also thankful
> for every documentation or RTFM you can point me to.
> Is there any way to have the reverse zone automatically generated when
> changes to the zone file are made? As far as I understand things up to
> now, having to edit both files simply provokes unnecessary errors, but
> probably I am simply missing something.
> Thanks for all tips (and for all kicks in the ass..),

No, BIND has no way to automatically generate the reverse zone files.
Among other things, it would have to know your local convention for how
to deal with multiple A records pointing to the same IP address.
Generally speaking, forward/reverse synchronization is something that is
handled with whatever frontend/middleware tool you use for maintaining
DNS.


- Kevin