WIndows DNS (master) -> BIND (slave)

[Barry Margolin]

In article <f5f3jj$2glb$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Clenna Lumina" <savagebeaste at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Being a little harsh aren't you? I think theres a big difference between 
> "pre-create minimal zone files" and "sacrifice chickens" or "declare 
> your self a canidate for President". The first actually has something to 
> do with Bind, the others complete do not. I would think it would be 
> worthy of mention in the docs, as no everyone is clear on that sort of 
> thing when you're starting out.

What would give the impression this was necessary in the first place?  
Does anyone think it's necessary to pre-create file2 before doing "cp 
file1 file2"?

Since no one anticipated this assumption, they had no way of knowing it 
would be a good idea to warn against it.

Do you have the DNS & BIND book?  It has a section on setting up a slave 
server, and you should only need to do what it says.  Since it doesn't 
say to create the zone files first, don't.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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