From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 5 23:52: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E790537B401 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 23:52:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.nucleus.com (mail1.nucleus.com [207.34.101.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4765143E9C for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 23:52:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grant.cooper@nucleus.com) Received: from donatev49iknkl (unverified [205.206.110.152]) by mail.nucleus.com (Vircom SMTPRS 2.0.239) with SMTP id for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 00:51:58 -0700 Message-ID: <006c01c29cfc$7b21f5b0$040a0a0a@donatev49iknkl> From: "Grant Cooper" Cc: References: <4.2.0.58.20021206021008.009ecee0@pop.voyager.net> <1039159678.186.10.camel@localhost> Subject: Re: Need help with newbie training on DNS/Bind Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 23:52:52 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From one newbie to another, drop Bind and go with djbdns. I tried both and djbdns was 10* easyer to use and install. In two days I had DNS resolution working. Much easier tutorials to follow with clear examples. And it's in ports. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Fujie" To: "Dragoncrest" Cc: Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Need help with newbie training on DNS/Bind > It's not really a "tutorial", but I learned how to configure BIND and do > basic administration using O'Reilly's "DNS and BIND, 4th ed.". O'Reilly > has also recently published a "Bind Cookbook" (don't remember the exact > title), which has lots of examples of common BIND configurations. > > Most of the general "Introduction to UNIX/Freebsd" type books seem to > have chapters on DNS and BIND as well. > > I have a feeling you were thinking more in terms of free docs, but for a > topic as fundamental as DNS, a good book can be worth the cost of > admission. > > Mark > > > > On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 23:12, Dragoncrest wrote: > > Anyone know of a good tutorial I could use to teach someone how to work > > with Bind 9.2 on Freebsd as well as DNS? AKA adding and removing records, > > administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, etc. I have a newbie who I > > need to teach how to maintain one of our DNS servers and I'd like to do it > > right. I could teach him from what I know, but that would be like teaching > > a dog to drive a car. :) > > > > I want something in writing, on paper that he can take home at the end of > > the day and soak up the info I drilled into him on that day so that he can > > learn faster. Can anyone help with this? I searched, but the tutorials I > > found so far suck. Think newbie who's never touched bind. :) Thanks again. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message