Bug 118812 - Configuration capabilities are inflexible and limited
Summary: Configuration capabilities are inflexible and limited
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: redhat-config-bind
Version: 8.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jason Vas Dias
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-03-20 21:58 UTC by Dan Thurman
Modified: 2007-04-18 17:04 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-09-02 05:08:19 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2004:364 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Updated redhat-config-bind package 2004-09-02 04:00:00 UTC

Description Dan Thurman 2004-03-20 21:58:18 UTC
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Description of problem:
The DNS configuration tool is limited and does not allow for manual
named entries where needed such as a wilcard A record. Manual entries
are blown away.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
redhat-config-bind-1.8.1-18

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:

1) There is no ability to insert wildcard A records for cases where
virtual pages are involved.  The insertion of the wildcards '*' is not
permitted in the textbox.  Manually adding the wildcard A record will
be blown away by the tool as it does not recognize manual additions.

Example:
*.autodice.com. IN A    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  <== cannot add via DNS Tool


2) Entries manaully added to the /etc/named.custom file does *not*
appear in the DNS tool.  Why?  These were manually added because
again, there was no ability for me to add an extra line:

Example: 
zone "xxxx.com" {
 type master;
 file "xxxx.com.zone";
 allow-transfer { xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1; };  <== cannot add via DNS Tool
};

Fortunately, manually adding this was preserved and not blown away by
the DNS tool.
    

Actual Results:  1) DNS Tool blows away manual settings in the ZONE files
2) DNS Tool does not blow manual settings in the named.custom file

Expected Results:  1) Manual additions to the zone or other related
files should be preserved if the tool itself cannot add it itself or
otherwise there should be a file for manual addtitions so that the
tool will add them in.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2004-03-25 21:34:37 UTC
Please check out system-config-bind from rawhide.

Dan

Comment 2 Jay Turner 2004-09-02 05:08:19 UTC
An errata has been issued which should help the problem 
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being 
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, 
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report 
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-364.html



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