is there a not ridiculously complex way to make dns changes with
sorry, meant *without*, but I think everyone knew that. It is -6F here right now, plus wind, I think maybe my brain is slightly frozen.
the slow-hog method via the GUI. 1) Change all TTL's to 3600 while I migrate my sites from one box to another. 2) Modify the MX record from www.domain.com to mail.domain.com 3) Add a new A Record to each site for mail.domain.com 4) Modify the A Records for each site to point to the new serverWell I'm not sure on a 3i but on a 4r there is a records file that contain all the DNS stuff for the GUI./etc/named/recordsYou can use commandline perl on this file to make all the changes you want (make a backup first just in case).perl -pi -e 's/searchfor/replacewith/g' filename.htmFor instance if you want to change the TTL from 86400 to 3600 you would do something like this:perl -pi -e 's/86400/3600/g' records Then go into the GUI under the DNS settings and hit "Save Changes"
First, Michele - thanks for the offline offer, let me see how far I get :)
Use SED to do a bulk change. The RAQ GUI is junk when it comes to DNS - command line is about 100 x faster.
WOW - it taking forever to make only minor changes. Anything is faster than that GUI
I just cat'ed out the /etc/named/records and that file certainly does at least display all the info I want to change. Can I ftp that file down to my local PC, make changes to it, ftp it back up and then do a SAVE CHANGES in the GUI??? Or is it not that easy?
I prefer to not use editors on the RAQ itself, I am very bad with vi and the other ones available, I prefer to edit off line and ftp back up.
Thanks for the assistance!!! Jale