On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 05:58 +0930, Tim wrote: > > I've been playing with FC5 today, and I don't have a bind-config... > > [tim@gonzales ~]$ rpm -qa \*bind\* > ypbind-1.19-1 > bind-libs-9.3.2-33.fc5 > bind-9.3.2-33.fc5 > bind-utils-9.3.2-33.fc5 > Right, that is a bug noted on bugzilla since the last update. as I read it. [root@iam media]# locate bind-config /var/cache/yum/updates/headers/bind-config-9.3.2-20.FC5.i386.hdr [root@iam media]# rpm -e bind-config error: package bind-config is not installed The wrong version got installed or not installed, I dunno. But... [root@iam media]# rpm -q bind bind-9.3.2-33.fc5 ...this version "9.3.2-33.fc5" of bind-config is supposed to be installed, and .20 got included in the update process by mistake. I have no clue exactly what bind-config does, but it sounds an awful like something I just might need. The promise on the the bugzilla report was that everyone was to get cracking, damn the torpedo's and update this soonest to the mirrors to fix this bug. > I've used the GUI tool for configuring BIND, before (on FC4). I found > it a diabolical monstrosity, and you needed to know how to > hand-configure DNS to know what to do with it, anyway. So why bother > with the convoluted tool? Well, there's all those little decidedly hostile warnings about not messing with the files to begin with. <g> . But my hostname, domainname and all of that, plus the domainname showing up on the localhost line, is that normal? <grins> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
