[CentOS] Beware - Yum 3.5 to 3.6 upgrade replaces named.conf

[Chris Mauritz]

Michael Rock wrote:

>I am sure I never specifically installed the caching
>name server but a rpm -q caching-nameserver yields
>version 7.3-3_EL3.
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I think it gets installed by default if you say you want a name server.  
I'm not certain since I manually exclude it during my installs.


>So ultimately I some how ended up with a caching name
>server I do not need.  So if I got this right 
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>1. remove rpm -e caching-nameserver
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Yes.

>2. copy my zones from named.conf-rpmsave to
>named.custom
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Yes, that seems correct, but I've never been in your particular situation.

>3. do not use webmin since it edits named.conf or
>reconfigure it to edit named.custom
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Not sure.

Cheers,