[Shacs] managing DNS

[Bronius Motekaitis]

Dr Ooper-
It's not for my admin that I feel pity so much as the inefficiency of it
all.  And if I thought it would get done properly without my hovering over
his desk for the entire time, I might not care as much then either!  :)

-bronius


On 3/2/07, Peter Cooper <cooper at shsu.edu> wrote:
>
> Net admins do not have pain receptors.  Therefore the vi and cd
> should not cause any problems.  it is a shame linux no longer
> supports command shells, command line parameters and scripting.  :-)
>
> On Mar 2, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Bronius Motekaitis wrote:
>
> > Can anyone refer me to a software package that helps manage DNS in
> > linux?
> >
> > I just spent 45 min hovering over our network admin watching him
> > painfully cd and vi his way through individual zone and mail
> > transport/relay files peppered across three servers (DNS, mail
> > relay, and internal mail server) just to set up a single email
> > alias for a new domain on the network.  There was a bit of trial
> > and error involved, and now that I've started some documentation on
> > what we learned and recalled, it will cut the process down to a
> > handful of minutes in the future.
> >
> > Is there not some simple DNS control panel for managing a linux DNS
> > and email aliases and such for internal networks similar to what is
> > available on shared hosts like HSphere's Control Panel?
> >
> > thanks
> > -bronius
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> Dr. Peter A. Cooper
> Professor of Computer Science and Department Chair, Department of
> Computer Science
> Director, Center of Excellence in Digital Forensics
> Sam Houston State University
> Huntsville, TX 77341
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