Re: Bind 9 logging

[Martin Schröder <martin@oneiros.de>]

On 2004-11-01 18:12:19 -0500, paddy wrote:
> I have spent the last week learning DNS re: Bind 9.  I have found some 
> excellent documentation.
> 
> 	"Introduction to DNS -including caching nameservers 
> (http://www.aei.ca/~pmatulis/pub.obsd_dns.html

404

> and the most understandable Unix document which I have EVER come across
> DNS for Rocket Scientist
> 
> http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/?pf=yes.

Nice. :-)

RTFM: http://www.bind9.net/Bv9ARM.html

> The problem I have after searching the Internet, endless documentation, 
> etc; is how does a chroot process do logging?  Specifically, Openbsd 
> Bind 9 logging from a chroot jail, step by step.

bind logs to a copy of /dev/log and syslog has to listen to it.

> There is lots of talk about this but noone explains the steps needed to 
> create the Unix socket for syslog to operate and where are these files 
> going to be located so a person can read them and find out how the 
> program is operating, i.e. debug.
> 
> Are there archives at any other address than The primates at monkey.org? 

Check out bind-users :-)

Best regards
        Martin
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