RE: [cobalt-users] bind workaround

["Paul Alcock" <webmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> the alert page with this workaround is here:
> 
> http://bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21469
> 
> ssh into your server, and then:
> 
> shell>su -
> enter your admin password at the prompt
> this will change you into the root user
> 
> shell>vi /etc/named.conf
> 
> add the following line to this file at or near the top:
> 
> options {
>          recursion no;
> };
> 
> save the changes. then
> 
> shell>ps aux | grep -e named
> the resulting line has a PID for your dns server
> 
> shell>kill (the PID number here)
> shell>/usr/sbin/named
> 
> 
> your done.
> 
> hope this helps a few people (only a few of us left with raq2s anyway, 
> sigh).
> grant
Thanks, I spent a while yesterday evening looking at that workaround and
trying to figure if it was ok to use on a RAQ2.
I'm guessing that the gui will overwrite it if gui is used to modify 
the dns system.

Paul ASI