Re: [cobalt-users] Using normal zone files with raq4?

["Jonathan Michaelson" <michaelsonjd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Troels,

> I want a raq4 host to be primary name server for a large number of
> domains. I can't see myself using the web-interface for that; I want to
> use normal zone files for it.
>
> It looks like the raq4 name daemon uses a special /etc/named/records
> file for the records entered with the web-interface?

Yes, it does.

> What if I manually add zone files to /etc/named.conf - will the zones be
> overwritten/corrupted/forgotten if someone uses the web-interface to
> administer DNS?

Yes.

> Id' like to see how raq4's name daemon is patched to use the "records"
> file. Where do I find the source RPM for raq4's name daemon?

It doesn't work like that, it uses the standard BIND 8 daemon. The RaQ4 uses
the records file, as you summised, for the web interface, but from that, it
also creates the zones files as you would normally expect in /etc/named/
which BIND uses.

For the simplest solution you should really decide on one method or the
other - either use the Cobalt UI, or don't, just never use both. There are
ways, but it's much easier to only do one or the other.

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