zone files in bind-9.9

[Feng He]

Hi

I upgraded my BIND from 9.7 to 9.9.
For BIND 9.7 all zone files under /var/cache/bind are clear textes.
But under BIND 9.9 it seems the zone files are binary format.
So how can we check the content of zone files now?

Thanks.

[Carsten Strotmann]

Hello Feng,

you can use "named-compilezone" to convert from RAW-Format to Text-Format.

Or you can use "dig" with axfr to get a zone-transfer from the server
(dig @server axfr zone.tld).

You can change the format for writing zone files in the named.conf if
you prefer the text format files.

-- Carsten

[Feng He]

锟斤拷 2013-1-6 21:53, Carsten Strotmann 写锟斤拷:

> you can use "named-compilezone" to convert from RAW-Format to Text-Format.
>
> Or you can use "dig" with axfr to get a zone-transfer from the server
> (dig @server axfr zone.tld).
>
> You can change the format for writing zone files in the named.conf if
> you prefer the text format files.

Thanks for the kind info Carsten.

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 06.01.13 21:23, Feng He wrote:
>I upgraded my BIND from 9.7 to 9.9.
>For BIND 9.7 all zone files under /var/cache/bind are clear textes.
>But under BIND 9.9 it seems the zone files are binary format.
>So how can we check the content of zone files now?

"named-compilezone -j -F text <zonefile>" should do
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[Liu Mingxing]

 

What files are there in the directory /var/cache/bind? yours or BIND's? 

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Liu Mingxing

 

From: Feng He

Date: 2013-01-06 21:23

To: bind-users

Subject: zone files in bind-9.9

Hi

 

I upgraded my BIND from 9.7 to 9.9.

For BIND 9.7 all zone files under /var/cache/bind are clear textes.

But under BIND 9.9 it seems the zone files are binary format.

So how can we check the content of zone files now?

 

Thanks.

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[Feng He]

Another question, since the zone files are raw format now, how can we
edit the zones? I use nsupdate only so it's not a problem, but for
editting by hand, how to?

Thanks.

[Mark Andrews]

In message <50EA2724...@nsbeta.info>, Feng He writes:
> Another question, since the zone files are raw format now, how can we
> edit the zones? I use nsupdate only so it's not a problem, but for
> editting by hand, how to?
>
> Thanks.

Master zones still use text format by default.

Slave zones use raw format by default. You are not expected to
edit slave zones.

Mark
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[Feng He]

于 2013-1-7 10:44, Mark Andrews 写道:
> Master zones still use text format by default.
>
> Slave zones use raw format by default. You are not expected to
> edit slave zones.

OK I see. that's right.