From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 6 2: 1: 7 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 8DDB637B401 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 02:01:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from mcesr.etat.lu (dynamic4.etat.lu [194.154.200.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FC4C43E4A for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 02:01:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from didier.wiroth@mcesr.etat.lu) Received: from [148.110.43.149] (HELO lucifer) by mcesr.etat.lu (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.9) with ESMTP id 688132; Fri, 06 Dec 2002 10:55:30 +0100 Reply-To: From: "Didier Wiroth" To: "'Grant Cooper'" Cc: Subject: RE: Need help with newbie training on DNS/Bind Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 11:00:45 +0100 Organization: MCESR Message-ID: <000001c29d0e$58307970$952b6e94@lucifer> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <006c01c29cfc$7b21f5b0$040a0a0a@donatev49iknkl> 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 Hey, I would really recommand: DNS and BIND - 4th Edition (Covers Bind 9) ISBN 0-596-00158-4 Covers bind and name resolution in every possbile aspect! A really must have book! These own seems to be good (I personnaly don't have it, but it sounds interesting) and also good addition to the previous mentionned book: DNS and BIND Cookbook http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596004109/qid=1039168701/ sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-3722991-0502249?v=glance&s=books#product-details Hope this helps Didier -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Grant Cooper Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 08:53 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need help with newbie training on DNS/Bind >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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message