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Date:      Fri, 26 Jul 2002 23:14:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chris Pepper <pepper@rockefeller.edu>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/41034: [PATCH] Typos in /etc/named/named.conf comments
Message-ID:  <20020727031422.39FEFFDD8@guest.reppep.com>

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>Number:         41034
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [PATCH] Typos in /etc/named/named.conf comments
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jul 26 20:20:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Chris Pepper
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD guest.reppep.com 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #3: Fri Jul 26 19:51:33 EDT 2002 root@guest.reppep.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386


	
>Description:
	The default named.conf comments are ungramattical.
>How-To-Repeat:
	more /etc/named/named.conf
>Fix:
	Apply this patch.

--- named.conf.diff begins here ---
--- named.conf	Fri Jul 26 23:07:23 2002
+++ named.conf.fixed	Fri Jul 26 23:11:25 2002
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 // $FreeBSD: src/etc/namedb/named.conf,v 1.6.2.5 2002/02/04 18:24:21 ume Exp $
 //
 // Refer to the named.conf(5) and named(8) man pages for details.  If
-// you are ever going to setup a primary server, make sure you've
-// understood the hairy details of how DNS is working.  Even with
+// you are ever going to set up a primary server, make sure you
+// understand the hairy details of how DNS works.  Even with
 // simple mistakes, you can break connectivity for affected parties,
-// or cause huge amount of useless Internet traffic.
+// or cause huge amounts of useless Internet traffic.
 
 options {
 	directory "/etc/namedb";
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 //      forward only;
 
 // If you've got a DNS server around at your upstream provider, enter
-// its IP address here, and enable the line below.  This will make you
-// benefit from its cache, thus reduce overall DNS traffic in the Internet.
+// its IP address here, and enable the entry below.  This will let you
+// benefit from its cache, thus reducing overall DNS traffic on the Internet.
 /*
 	forwarders {
 		127.0.0.1;
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
 };
 */
 
-// Setting up secondaries is way easier and the rough picture for this
-// is explained below.
+// Setting up secondaries is way easier and a rough example for this
+// is provided below.
 //
 // If you enable a local name server, don't forget to enter 127.0.0.1
-// into your /etc/resolv.conf so this server will be queried first.
+// first in your /etc/resolv.conf so this server will be queried.
 // Also, make sure to enable it in /etc/rc.conf.
 
 zone "." {
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@
 // serve demonstration/documentation purposes!
 //
 // Example secondary config entries.  It can be convenient to become
-// a secondary at least for the zone where your own domain is in.  Ask
+// a secondary at least for the zone your own domain is in.  Ask
 // your network administrator for the IP address of the responsible
 // primary.
 //
 // Never forget to include the reverse lookup (IN-ADDR.ARPA) zone!
-// (This is the first bytes of the respective IP address, in reverse
+// (This is named after the first bytes of the IP address, in reverse
 // order, with ".IN-ADDR.ARPA" appended.)
 //
-// Before starting to setup a primary zone, better make sure you fully
-// understand how DNS and BIND works, however.  There are sometimes
-// unobvious pitfalls.  Setting up a secondary is comparably simpler.
+// Before starting to set up a primary zone, make sure you fully
+// understand how DNS and BIND works.  There are sometimes
+// non-obvious pitfalls.  Setting up a secondary is simpler.
 //
 // NB: Don't blindly enable the examples below. :-)  Use actual names
 // and addresses instead.
--- named.conf.diff ends here ---


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