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List:       webmin-l
Subject:    Re: [webmin-l] DNS Double-Dot Problem
From:       "Jamie Cameron" <jcameron () webmin ! com>
Date:       2008-10-07 16:29:31
Message-ID: 1223396971.12503 () webmin ! com
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On 07/Oct/2008 07:48 Marconi wrote ..
> At 9:23 PM -0700 10/6/08, Jamie Cameron sent email regarding Re: 
> [webmin-l] DNS Double-Dot Problem:
> >  >
> >>  I've been going through all my master zone files, editing them to
> >>  eliminate the double-dot problem but there are a lot of them and if
> >>  the problem is purely cosmetic (which it *appears* to be) then I'm
> >>  wasting my time. But I'm not sure whether it's purely cosmetic.
> >
> >The two dots is definately wrong, and may be caused by a Webmin
> >bug. However, I don't see this on my test systems ..
> >
> >In your named.conf file, what does the block for the domain in question
> >look like? If it was something like :
> >
> >zone "example.com." {
> >   etc..
> >}
> >
> >This could cause problems, as BIND doesn't need the trailing ., and
> >Webmin doesn't expect it.
> 
> That is indeed how the zones are listed (although in a file included 
> into named.conf).
> 
> I eliminated the trailing dot in both master and slave zone entries 
> and the double-dots no longer appear in the web admin for entries 
> with "@" or a less than full host name.
> 
> I'm guessing that the named.conf dots were also the cause of the 
> original double-dot problem that kept BIND from replying 
> authoritatively.
> 
> Thanks for a quick diagnosis.

Interesting, I would have thought that BIND would complain about
the extra dot .. but I guess it is just being ignored. I will update
Webmin to do the same thing in the next release.

 - Jamie

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