set directory for "auto" key files

[Michael W. Lucas]

On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 04:52:53PM +0000, Chris Thompson wrote:
> On Jan 7 2013, Phil Mayers wrote:
> 
> [...]
> >I've never tried it but there's a "journal" option on the zone; maybe 
> >this takes paths, like so:
> >
> >  zone "foo" {
> >    type master;
> >    # zone lives outside working dir
> >    file "/etc/zones/foo";
> >    # ...but journal lives inside it
> >    journal "data/journals/foo";
> >  };
> >
> >Note: I've never tested this; it is a wild guess.
> 
> We have been using it for years - it works fine. We have e.g.


Thank you, Phil & Chris!

I knew it had to be an option somewhere...

==ml


> 
> zone "cam.ac.uk" {
>  type master;
>  file "master/cam.ac.uk";
>  journal "master-jnl/cam.ac.uk";
>  ...
>  }
> zone "111.131.in-addr.arpa" {
>  type master;
>  file "master/111.131.in-addr.arpa";
>  journal "master-jnl/111.131.in-addr.arpa";
>  ...
>  }
> ...
> zone "cl.cam.ac.uk" {
>  type slave;
>  file "slave/cl.cam.ac.uk";
>  journal "slave-jnl/cl.cam.ac.uk";
>  ...
>  };
> zone "232.128.in-addr.arpa" {
>  type slave;
>  file "slave/232.128.in-addr.arpa";
>  journal "slave-jnl/232.128.in-addr.arpa";
>  ...
>  };
> ...
> 
> One slight niggling disadvantage is that you can't tell
> named-checkzone / named-compilezone with the -j option where
> to find the journal is it isn't in the default location.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Thompson
> Email: cet1 at cam.ac.uk
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