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Date:      Thu, 5 Dec 2002 23:52:52 -0800
From:      "Grant Cooper" <grant.cooper@nucleus.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Need help with newbie training on DNS/Bind
Message-ID:  <006c01c29cfc$7b21f5b0$040a0a0a@donatev49iknkl>
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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" <mark@metapimp.com>
To: "Dragoncrest" <dragoncrest@voyager.net>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
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.
> >
> >
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