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Re: [cobalt-security] BIND 9.1.2rc1

From: "Carrie Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>

> My "named" is in /etc. So I should ./configure --prefix /etc ...yes?

I don't think your named is in /etc, but rather only the config files are
there.

> There's also something over in /usr/sbin though; named,
> named-bootconf, and named-xfer. What are those doing there?

Those would be the actual bind binaries.

> 1. If I install this, will it break anything?  ;)

If everything gets put in its place, and the zone files work the same way,
then no... I think. But I haven't actually tried it on a cobalt.

> Thanks for any help/advice you can give... I'm getting better but
> messing with BIND makes me nervous. :)

Sounds like you might not want to try this on a mission critical machine :)

Kevin