ACLs as external files

[Fr34k]

Thank you Russell and Peter.

Following their suggestions, I have found that using:
  include "/path/file.txt";
in named.conf, then calling the ACLs defined in file.txt for options such as
allow-query and allow-recursion works as desired.

Thanks again!

--- Fr34k <freaknetboy at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> I have a question regarding ACL management.
> 
> Today, we have an ACL like:
> acl "local-blocks" { 192.168/16; 172.16/12; 10/8; } ;
> 
> ...then in options...
> 
> allow-query { "local-blocks"; };
> allow-recursion { "local-blocks"; };
> 
> Rather than add/remove/modify IP blocks to this ACL, it would be nice to
> reference a seperate external file to manange and reference it from
> named.conf
> 
> Does BIND offer this facility for ACLs?
> If so, someone mind sharing an example/details?
> 
> I would rather distribute ACL files than try to manage entire named.conf
> files,
> if possible.
> 
> Thanks -- Chris
> 
> 
>