Interesting. I see that there is some convention to the line return and the preceding dash that is both odd and poorly documented. I had: manage_forward_zones: 'domain.com' But changing that to: manage_forward_zones: - 'domain.com' seems to have solved the problem I've been having. Thanks, James! -Dustin Black On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 15:35 -0400, James_Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Make sure you have something along the lines of this in your > /etc/cobbler/settings file: > > manage_forward_zones: > - 'lab.mycompany.com' > > > James S. Martin, RHCE > Contractor > Administrative Office of the United States Courts > Washington, DC > (202) 502-2394 > > et-mgmt-tools-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/19/2008 03:17:53 PM: > > > Dustin Black <dblack@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent by: et-mgmt-tools-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > 06/19/2008 03:17 PM > > > > Please respond to > > dblack@xxxxxxxxxxx; Please respond to > > Fedora/Linux Management Tools <et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > To > > > > et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > cc > > > > Subject > > > > Cobbler BIND DNS management confusion > > > > I could use some help understanding Cobbler's management of BIND. > > > > If I make any changes to the /etc/cobbler/named.template file and run > > 'cobbler sync', I can clearly see that the changes that I make are > > implemented in the /etc/named.conf file. > > > > Now I've been attempting to create a zone template under a directory > > created per the wiki ManageDns documentation > > -- /etc/cobbler/zone_templates. I want to create a zone with static A, > > MX, and CNAME entries that are outside the scope of Cobbler's management > > for that zone. If I create the zone template and run 'cobbler sync', > > should I then expect Cobbler to add the zone information to the > > named.conf file, as well as use the template to create an appropriate > > zone file under /var/named? This doesn't seem to happen. > > > > If I try to add the zone information explicitly to > > the /etc/cobbler/named.template file, named gives an error when > > restarting that the /var/named/... zone file doesn't exist. > > > > I then thought that maybe Cobbler wouldn't create the named.conf zone > > entry or the zone file until a Cobbler system entry existed for a host > > in the domain. I created a dummy system with a hostname in the domain > > in question and ran 'cobbler sync', but still no dice -- no zone entry > > and no zone file. > > > > What more do I need to understand about how this BIND management works? > > At what point or under what circumstances is the zone information > > generated? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > et-mgmt-tools mailing list > > et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools > > > _______________________________________________ > et-mgmt-tools mailing list > et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools