From owner-freebsd-net Tue Nov 5 9:42:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD13137B401; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:42:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from tp.databus.com (p70-227.acedsl.com [66.114.70.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A86743E3B; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:42:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from barney@tp.databus.com) Received: from tp.databus.com (localhost.databus.com [127.0.0.1]) by tp.databus.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA5Hgj5s046039; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 12:42:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from barney@tp.databus.com) Received: (from barney@localhost) by tp.databus.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA5Hggea046038; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 12:42:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 12:42:42 -0500 From: Barney Wolff To: Doug Barton Cc: Andre Oppermann , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: [lir-wg] Important Informational Message - root.zone change] Message-ID: <20021105174242.GB45667@tp.databus.com> References: <3DC77ED9.4EED1312@tix.ch> <20021105003056.V810-100000@master.gorean.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021105003056.V810-100000@master.gorean.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.24 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org While it's important to make the change eventually, there is no need to panic - named.root is used only at named start, and is soon replaced internally by the actual list of roots. Also, named works fine as long as at least one root's address is correct. Also, the old address will continue to work for quite a while. This does not mean you can just forget about it, though. On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:32:39AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Andre Oppermann wrote: > > It's time to change /etc/namedb/named.root. > > I'm planning to do it tomorrow morning. They haven't actually loaded the > new zone yet, and probably won't till sometime near or after 3am > California time. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message