Re: Re: [cobalt-developers] DNS GUI Bug

[Matt Doherty<mdoherty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi 

I have run into things weird with the dns gui also. I am concerned though as 
to the difficulty some are having with their raq's dns gui. I looked into mine 
and luckily do not see an extra semi-colon in the conf file. But I do have this 
problem, after inputting an a record and clicking "save changes to dns" I 
return to the previouse screen, the control panel to click save again. 
Sometimes when I return to the control panel many fields are missing and 
only 3 or 4 are shown. If I keep clicking save or exit the control panel, and 
return, It will show everything. When it does finally load correctly my dns 
option becomes unchecked! So I recheck it, click save and after the page 
refreshes I see 3 options again. It still works though so i never complained. 
But it worries me though that it will become a problem. also if you have a 
compter named p38.domain.com ,both my raq4's do not like that name. but if 
i rename it to ppp.domain.com i can retrieve an ip address when I ping it. put 
it back to p38.domain.com and do a "ipconfig /flushdns" command then ping 
it, (p38.domain.com) I get unknown host. DNS has also had 3 other name 
problems. my resolution was to just rename the servers and add the new 
name to dns and now can ping fine.


Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] DNS GUI Bug
Date: 10/17/2001 4:22 AM
From: Barry Titmarsh <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reply-To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>At 03:26 15/10/01 -0400, you wrote:
>> > This can be the reason why my raq3i and raq4r are accepting
>> > xfer zone transfers to IP`s i don`t now or have listed in the allow list. I
>> > have asked many times on user-list and cobalt about this. Why the 
servers
>> > deny some and allow others to get xfer zone transfers when non of them 
are
>> > in my network or listed as trusted..
>> >
>> > Another thing this bug is proberly nown to some hackers, becuse my 
servers
>> > has been hacked 3 times, every time there is a lot of Xfer transfers 
>> towards
>> > servers i dont now..
>> >
>
>Yes good answer..  Been doing DNS since bind version 3.0
>Just think that cobalt things should work as designed.  There is a bug and 
>its because there is an extra " ;" being added to named.conf every time you 
>use the dns GUI. It needs to be fixed.
>
>And Yes this is why it refuses zone-xfers !!!
>If you vi /etc/named.conf and remove the " ;"  in line 3  and dont touch 
>the GUT it all works fine.
>Just need to fix it every time you make changes to the DNS using the GUI
>
>
>Barry
>
>>Don't use the GUI.
>>DNS is not that difficult.
>>Make an entry in named.conf
>>copy some pri.zone file to pri.newdomain file.
>>edit the file.
>>and do an 'ndc restart'
>>
>>Gerald
>>
>>
>>
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