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Re: [webmin-l] Open DNS Servers - Recursive Lookups
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From: webmin <we...@em...> - 2006-04-02 14:53:18
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On 3/31/06 10:53 AM, "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...> wrote:
> On 31/Mar/2006 05:38 webmin wrote ..
>> On 3/30/06 6:27 PM, "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...> wrote:
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>>> On 30/Mar/2006 18:16 webmin wrote ..
>>>> I am using Webmin 1.260 (with the StressFree Tiger Theme
>>>> Version 1.75, which I love) to manage amongst other things BIND version
>>>> 9.2.2 on Mac OS X 10.4.5.
>>>>
>>>> I have used the "Edit Config File" feature of the BIND module to set
>> the
>>>> Options of the named.conf file to allow recursion on only those address
>>>> spaces that need access the name server, denying all other addresses.
>>>>
>>>> There is a third-party name server that I am doing tertiary service
>> on
>>>> also
>>>> controlled with Webmin. I do not have access to "Edit Config File"
>> on
>>>> my
>>>> Webmin user on that box. My question is can I configure recursion for
>>>> my
>>>> domains on any other Webmin panel? Shouldn't there be a "Recursion"
>> icon?
>>>
>>> Perhaps that is an older version of Webmin that didn't include the
>>> Edit Config File icon? If so, you might want to upgrade.
>>
>> I should have clarified - on 2 of the 3 servers (both running Webmin 1.260),
>> I am the Webmin admin, and on those I have access to the Edit Config File
>> icon. On the 3rd server (running Webmin 1.230), I am just a Webmin user
>> without access to the Edit Config File icon, but with access to pretty
>> much
>> everything else in BIND. I am asking them to upgrade it.
>>
>> In any event, my point is that there does not seem to be a page/icon in
>> the
>> BIND module to allow separate management of recursive queries, without
>> having to resort to manual editing of the named.conf file.
>>
>>> Actually, Webmin should include a proper page for easily setting up allowed
>>> servers for recursive queries.
>>
>> I agree. Can we put that on the wish list?
>>
>>> What exactly were you putting into the
>>> options section when you did the manual editing?
>>
>> I entered:
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>> allow-recursion {
>> 207.177.51.16/28;
>> 209.152.96.0/25;
>> 139.142.123.66;
>> 69.66.28.176;
>> !any;
>> };
>>
>> ...in the "Options" section of the named.conf file, just before
>> "forwarders".
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> Thanks .. I will add a field on the Addresses and Topology page in the
> BIND module in the next version of Webmin to let you set this, without having
> to resort to manual config file editing.
>
> - Jamie
Fantastic! Thanks so much.
Steve Garner
T: 641.209.1718
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