[CentOS] tinydns/djbdns opinion poll

Wed Feb 11 23:36:26 UTC 2009
Florin Andrei <florin at andrei.myip.org>

James B. Byrne wrote:
> 
> Be aware that updating bind via yum can result in your existing bind
> configuration files being renamed to something.rmpsave and your name
> server left in a dysfunctional state. I suggest that you consider
> excluding bind from normal updates and only update it when you are
> ready and able to check for possible configuration issues.

Or put those files under Cfengine or Puppet and have auto-yum work with 
the config management system.

But yeah, I agree, if the number of systems is small (so config 
management is not justified), avoid doing auto-updates to the critical 
components.

-- 
Florin Andrei

http://florin.myip.org/