Re: Webmin-DNS Module and management of subnets

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

Bjoern Krueger wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> we are currently trying to use webmin to manage our DNS servers.
> All is pretty well except webmin's management of reverse DNS entries.
> 
> To make this issue clear I have to tell you our configuration:
>  We have one "root" zone for the whole Class-B net:
> 
> zone "uni-frankfurt.de" {
>         type master;
>         file "zones.prim/hosts.uniffm";
> };
> 
> In this zone, we manage several (100+) subzones (all Class C), e.g.:
> 
> zone "geochem.uni-frankfurt.de" {type master; file
> "zones.prim/hosts.geochem";};
> 
> When adding a host to one of the subzones, the reverse entry doesn't get
> written in the zones reverse file, which is defined in the named conf file
> as well, but in the reverse file of the main Class B Zone
> (uni-frankfurt.de), where it shouldn't be (there are only major servers
> listed like our WWW servers).
> 
> Reverse Class C zones are defined by e.g.
> zone "179.2.141.in-addr.arpa." {type master; file
> "zones.prim/hosts.179.rev";};
> 
> Did anyone had a similiar problem and maybe a solution?
> We'd even be glad to change our structure if only we could get webmin to
> work with our zones correctly.
> I don't think this is a real module issue, but since I am no perl guru,
> checking the code itself is a task too big for me (I am a student helping
> out :) ).
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
> Thanks!H

Have you tried putting the class C reverse zone after the class B in your
named.conf file? Because of the way webmin searches for reverse zones when
automatically adding a reverse IP, the last matching zone will be the one
that it gets added to ..

 - Jamie