Re: webmin bind9

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

Kenneth Porter wrote:

> On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 17:09, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> 
>>Ryan Cavanaugh wrote:
>>
>>>Does webmin work with bind9?
>>>
>>Yes, it works fine ..
>>
> 
> HOWEVER:
> 
> Unless something changed recently in the BIND module, Webmin should only
> be used for static zones. Dynamic zones should be changed either using
> the nsupdate program or by stopping the name server, editing the zone
> file, and then restarting it. Dynamic zone files should not be edited
> with the server running, as a changed part of the zone may be in memory
> or a journal file and not committed to the zone file.
> 
> Jamie, is this still true, or has dynamic zone editing support been
> added?


It's still true .. webmin directly updates the zone files, so if
a zone is being dynamically updated as well you don't want to use
webmin to edit it.

  - Jamie