dynamically updating the forwarders with bind/rndc

[Adam Tkac]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 01:12:38PM +0100, Phil Mayers wrote:
> On 29/03/11 12:25, Paul Wouters wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >Is there a way for bind9 (or planned for bind10) to dynamically update
> >the forwarders via
> >rndc? I believe currently the only way to do this is to rewrite the
> >config file and then
> >cal rndc reload.
> 
> I believe there's a DBUS interface that NetworkManager on Linux uses
> for this purpose.
> 
> http://opensource.apple.com/source/bind9/bind9-31/bind9/contrib/dbus/README.DBUS
> 
> ...but it seems to be absent from the bind build on my Fedora 12
> box, so I don't know if it's fallen by the wayside.

Hello,

the DBus interface is old and is not compatible with current
NetworkManager interface. Due this reason BIND in Fedora is built
without it.

Regards, Adam

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Adam Tkac, Red Hat, Inc.