Re: [webmin-devel] djbdns/tinydns suppport for virtualmin?
John Gray <[email protected]> Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:52:08 -0400
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I see the bind code uses dns_submode to denote this. I guess the question is this: Better for the tinydns code to use the same var, or another one? John Jamie Cameron wrote: > On 08/Aug/2008 13:21 John Gray wrote .. >> Hi Jamie, >> >> I took the powerdns module, and used to it from template to setting up >> module for tinydns. I have it working now (though it needs some config >> work yet). > > Awesome! If it's OK, you should make it publicly available when it is done.. > I know several people have expressed interest in djbdns due to it's lower > memory use. > >> As I was working on it, I came across a big question. Sometimes we add >> aliases to existing domains to into already existing domain, for instances. >> >> we add >> foo.com, then add an alias for it as foo.bar.com, and bar.com is an >> existing domain on the server. With that foo.bar.com is added as new >> domain, instead of entry for foo being added to bar.com. >> >> I was toying with the idea of checking to see if a higher-level domain >> is there, so for example if I am adding >> a.b.c.d I'd check for b.c.d, then c.d, then d. If I find one of them, >> then I'd add entries to it, instead of creating a new domain. >> >> But I wondered if that would screw up other things? > > That is a perfectly reasonable approach - in fact, Virtualmin already does > this for BIND when you add a sub-domain. You just have to make sure your > code keeps track of whether the djbdns domain was added as a real zone or > just as entries in an existing zone. The best way is to set some key in the > domain hash passed to the feature_setup function, which will be saved and > available when feature_modify and feature_delete are called. > > - Jamie > >> Sound like a good idea or bad? >> >> Thanks >> John >> >> Jamie Cameron wrote: >>> On 02/Aug/2008 09:36 John Gray wrote .. >>>> There doesn't appear to be any tinydns support for virtualmin (or did I >>>> overlook it)? >>>> >>>> With recent events, I think I've had enough of bind. >>>> >>>> I'm not very concerned with configuring tinydns as much as just the day >>>> to day issues of adding/deleting domains/entries. Tinydns has cmd line >>>> utilities for doing all this, so I would imagine it would be fairly easy >>>> to write a module to do it. But I don't want to invent the wheel. >>>> >>>> If nothing exists, I'll create one ala the exim module (basicly just >>>> what I need to facilitate adding/deleting/modifing virtual servers in >>>> virtualmin). >>> Hi John, >>> >>> At the moment, there is no support for tinydns or djbdns in Virtualmin. >>> However, it's plugin architecture would make this pretty easy to add - >>> for example, I did one for PowerDNS a while ago that can be used instead >>> of the regular BIND feature. >>> >>> You can get it from : >>> http://www.webmin.com/cgi-bin/search_third.cgi?search=powerdns >>> and check out the source. >>> >>> - Jamie >> >> -- >> John Gray [email protected] >> AgoraNet, Inc. (302) 224-2475 >> 314 E. Main Street, Suite 1 (302) 224-2552 (fax) >> Newark, De 19711 http://www.agora-net.com >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> - >> Forwarded by the Webmin development list at [email protected] >> To remove yourself from this list, go to >> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > - > Forwarded by the Webmin development list at [email protected] > To remove yourself from this list, go to > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-devel > -- John Gray [email protected] AgoraNet, Inc. (302) 224-2475 314 E. Main Street, Suite 1 (302) 224-2552 (fax) Newark, De 19711 http://www.agora-net.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ - Forwarded by the Webmin development list at [email protected] To remove yourself from this list, go to http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-devel