Re: [webmin-l] Record Generator dialog not honoring $ORIGIN

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 4/Apr/2006 21:09 Robert Moskowitz wrote ..
> When I use the Edit Records File option for BIND, I can see the 
> records I originally coded by hand:
> 
> $ORIGIN			78.84.65.client.htt-consult.com.
> 192			IN	A	65.84.78.192
> $GENERATE 195-197 $ A	65.84.78.$
> $GENERATE 199-203 $ A	65.84.78.$
> ...
> 
> In the Records Generator panel if I click on Show Generated Records, 
> I get entries like:
> 
> 195.htt-consult.com A Default 65.84.78.195.htt-consult.com
> 
> Note that the 'client' subdomain got left out.
> 
> I do not see a $ORIGIN panel.  So I am concerned about editing this 
> zone file other than via the Edit Records File.
> 
> And I wonder about this, as the $ORIGIN approach is how Cricket has 
> it in his BIND book (and he had an error that a number of us pointed out)....

This is really a bug in Webmin, but fortunately only a cosmetic one.
That 'Show Generated Records' page is my attempt to emulate what BIND does
when creating records from a $generate statement, however it doesn't take
any previous $origin lines into account. This doesn't actually effect the
real records that BIND generates though..

I will see if this can be fixed in a future Webmin release.

 - Jamie