[cobalt-developers] DNS server differences RaQ2 / RaQ3

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been doing DNS consulting for some time now.  I've recently come 
across an anomoly that I thought I'd bring up here before taking it 
anywhere else, since it's happening on RaQs.

My RaQ2 systems, which are rented, are running "bind 8.1.2", and, like as 
in all other implementations of bind I've ever run, standard DNS zone 
files, as defined, explained and documented in the O'Reilly book "DNS & 
Bind", work fine.

On RaQ3 systems on which I've consulted, running "bind 8.2", the first line 
of the file must be: "$TTL <number>" where <number> is the time-to-live in 
seconds, or I get an error when I first load bind, in /var/log/messages.

These same files, with "$TTL <number>" on the first line, give me an error 
in /var/log/messages when I run them on "bind 8.1.2" systems.

Since "DNS and Bind", which I use as my bible, only documents versions 
through 8.1.2, I'm at a loss here.  The "CHANGES" file that comes with bind 
8.1.2 is just too terse for me to figure out <frown>.

So I guess the questions are:

1) what version of bind does a RaQ2, as issued by Cobalt, run?

2) what version of bind should I be running on my RaQ2s?

3) is there any documentation of the changes in a format I'll understand 
<wry grin>?

Thanks for any help, insight, pointers.

Jeff


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Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>