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Re: [webmin-devel] djbdns/tinydns suppport for virtualmin?
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From: Jamie C. <jca...@we...> - 2008-08-08 21:08:35
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The cases where it is used in that file wouldn't be related to your plugin, so it's safe not to use it .. On 08/Aug/2008 14:02 John Gray wrote .. > Ok, though I noticed one reference in virtual-server-lib-funcs.pl to > your var. I thought it might be good if virtual-server-lib-funcs.pl > didn't have to worry about which dns module did it. > > John > > Jamie Cameron wrote: > > I'd suggest another variable, just in case someone has both a BIND > > and djbdns domain enabled for the same virtual server (crazy as that > > sounds :-) > > > > Perhaps name is djbdns_submode > > > > - Jamie > > > > On 08/Aug/2008 13:52 John Gray wrote .. > >> I see the bind code uses dns_submode to denote this. > >> > >> I guess the question is this: Better for the tinydns code to use the > >> same var, or another one? > >> > >> John > >> > >> Jamie Cameron wrote: > >>> On 08/Aug/2008 13:21 John Gray wrote .. > >>>> Hi Jamie, > >>>> > >>>> I took the powerdns module, and used to it from template to setting up > >>>> module for tinydns. I have it working now (though it needs some config > >>>> work yet). > >>> Awesome! If it's OK, you should make it publicly available when it is done.. > >>> I know several people have expressed interest in djbdns due to it's lower > >>> memory use. > >>> > >>>> As I was working on it, I came across a big question. Sometimes we add > >>>> aliases to existing domains to into already existing domain, for instances. > >>>> > >>>> we add > >>>> foo.com, then add an alias for it as foo.bar.com, and bar.com is an > >>>> existing domain on the server. With that foo.bar.com is added as new > >>>> domain, instead of entry for foo being added to bar.com. > >>>> > >>>> I was toying with the idea of checking to see if a higher-level domain > >>>> is there, so for example if I am adding > >>>> a.b.c.d I'd check for b.c.d, then c.d, then d. If I find one of them, > >>>> then I'd add entries to it, instead of creating a new domain. > >>>> > >>>> But I wondered if that would screw up other things? > >>> That is a perfectly reasonable approach - in fact, Virtualmin already does > >>> this for BIND when you add a sub-domain. You just have to make sure your > >>> code keeps track of whether the djbdns domain was added as a real zone or > >>> just as entries in an existing zone. The best way is to set some key in the > >>> domain hash passed to the feature_setup function, which will be saved and > >>> available when feature_modify and feature_delete are called. > >>> > >>> - Jamie > >>> > >>>> Sound like a good idea or bad? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> John > >>>> > >>>> Jamie Cameron wrote: > >>>>> On 02/Aug/2008 09:36 John Gray wrote .. > >>>>>> There doesn't appear to be any tinydns support for virtualmin (or did I > >>>>>> overlook it)? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> With recent events, I think I've had enough of bind. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'm not very concerned with configuring tinydns as much as just the day > >>>>>> to day issues of adding/deleting domains/entries. Tinydns has cmd line > >>>>>> utilities for doing all this, so I would imagine it would be fairly easy > >>>>>> to write a module to do it. But I don't want to invent the wheel. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If nothing exists, I'll create one ala the exim module (basicly just > >>>>>> what I need to facilitate adding/deleting/modifing virtual servers in > >>>>>> virtualmin). > >>>>> Hi John, > >>>>> > >>>>> At the moment, there is no support for tinydns or djbdns in Virtualmin. > >>>>> However, it's plugin architecture would make this pretty easy to add - > >>>>> for example, I did one for PowerDNS a while ago that can be used instead > >>>>> of the regular BIND feature. > >>>>> > >>>>> You can get it from : > >>>>> http://www.webmin.com/cgi-bin/search_third.cgi?search=powerdns > >>>>> and check out the source. > >>>>> > >>>>> - Jamie > >>>> -- > >>>> John Gray gr...@ag... > >>>> AgoraNet, Inc. (302) 224-2475 > >>>> 314 E. 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