[webmin-l] DNS Learning Experience

[Marconi <ma...@ma...>]

At 9:00 PM -0800 12/9/08, Jamie Cameron sent email regarding DNS :
>On 09/Dec/2008 20:02 Marconi wrote ..
>>  WebMin 1.441, Mac OS X 10.4.11
>>
>>  Is there a setting in Webmin where I can enter, one time, an IP 
>>address to which
>>  transfers of any zone are permitted? Or do I have to edit each 
>>zone separately
>>  to add an address which can request zone transfers?
>
>Yes - in BIND DNS Server -> Zone Defaults -> Allow transfers from.

OK, I think the problem I was having was due to a minor 
misunderstanding on my part.

When I eliminated the per-zone allow-transfer values, Webmin left this:

	allow-transfer {
		};

for each zone from which I'd deleted the IPs.

Apparently, BIND interprets this as allow NO transfers. It does not 
revert to the zone defaults to see what IPs may transfer.

Apparently, the empty:

	allow-transfer {
		};

is not eliminated unless I remember to click the "Default" button for 
"Allow transfers from" when editing zone options.

Live and learn!