Re: [cobalt-users] db.domain files

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Travers wrote:

> Okay so I just got a RaQ 4, and I know (from this forum) that there are
> a 'few' problems with setting up DNS using the GUI, so I thought that
> maybe I could initially setup the DNS using the GUI and then edit the
> db.domain files to sort things out as per 'DNS and BIND' (O'Reilly).
> 
> The problem is that I can't find the db.* files in /etc/named/,

RaQs don't call 'em "db.*".  They call 'em "pri.*" for primary DNS and
"sec.*" for secondary DNS.

> where
> does the RaQ store these files? and is it possible to edit them without
> upsetting the GUI?

No.

You can edit the "/etc/named/records" file though (it's fairly easy to
figure out the format); that works on the RaQ2s and 3s.  Don't know
about the 4s, though; I don't have one yet.

Jeff
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