What is sql_bind?
Sql_bind is an extension to BIND that allows admins to use SQL databases to read and store DNS data instead of flatfiles. • Why is everything labelled as msql_bind? The package name changed because the extensions were rewritten to not be msql-specific. The latest API allows admins to drop in support for their own databases. • Why use sql_bind? Sql_bind allows sysadmins to delegate the responsibility of updating nameserver tables by allowing non-sysadmins to modify databases used by sql_bind. For bind 4.9.x users, it also provides a means of dynamically updating your nameserver tables. • Where can I get sql_bind? Currently, an outdated version of msql_bind is included in the contrib/ dir of the latest BIND sources. The latest versions are available here. • How do I use msql_bind? Documentation is a glorious thing. Cherish it always. Read. • Why can’t I use sql_bind as a secondary nameserver? You can, but it will not write changed entries to the database. There were too many issues deali
