[CentOS] new CentOS 5 as DNS server

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu Aug 2 18:20:04 UTC 2007


Jim Perrin wrote:
> On 8/2/07, Ray Leventhal <centos at swhi.net> wrote:
> 
>> That is certainly something to consider.  Myself and one other will be
>> the only folks using this machine for storage that will require ftp
>> access so your point is taken.  SFTP is my likely choice after a bit of
>> reading to ensure compatibility with our tasks.
> 
> While it's also a prime example of not getting the help you asked for,
> instead of ftp, or in some cases sftp, you might look at webdav also
> depending on your needs.
> 
> I use it because it doesn't require a local system account, can be
> permissioned via apache, and is very customizable.It helps us out
> locally because it's part of http 1.1, so there's no need for added
> firewall ports being open, no proxy adjustments, etc.

My favorite way to move files is with rsync over ssh since it does the 
right thing about not replacing existing files until the copy is 
complete, is more efficient sometimes, and works with windows/cygwin 
too.  Windows users sometimes prefer winscp, though.

But back to DNS - I run a really old and ugly script after updating zone 
files that builds the reverse zones, commits the changes to a cvs 
repository, and restarts named to pick up the changes.  Is there some 
modern equivalent for this operation?

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com



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