Search Again: Re: Gentoo Install From: Men & Mice Support Date: Monday, August 16, 2004 Time: 5:36:43 pm We've only had a few other requests for gentoo support. Basically, we don't provide any distribution for distributions other than Red Hat and SuSE (x86 only). QuickDNS Remote and QuickDNS Central are indeed just C programs, compiled for Linux/x86 with a particular set of libraries. If you can get past that hurdle, the only other things to worry about are the boot scripts and the (re)arrangement of the existing BIND configuration. For the boot scripts, use whatever works on your gentoo installation. If gentoo provides easy-to-understand boot scripts for other services, just copy one of those and change it. Otherwise, figure out what is expected of a boot script, and then write one. If all else fails, we can help (within limits). Keep the following in mind: - If named runs in a chroot environment, QuickDNS Remote must also. Use the -t option. (Running in a chroot environment may require adding one or two items in /dev [relative to the jail], so keep an eye on QuickDNS Remote's error messages.) - If named runs as a non-root user (recommended for Linux environments), so must QuickDNS Remote. Use the -u option. You can also use the -g option to specify a group when creating files. - Use the -debug and -ll5 options when you're trying to figure things out. This dumps all error messages to stderr instead of syslogd, and turns up the logging level. - QuickDNS Central understands the same options, but it's usually not necessary or desirable to run QuickDNS Central in the same chroot jail as QuickDNS Remote. For the rearrangement of BIND's configuration, you might be able to use the 'arrange' utility in the installer directory, or you may want to install on another platform (e.g. Red Hat), and then copy the configuration files to the gentoo server. If all else fails, you can arrange manually using the description of what goes where in the installation instructions. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice Customer Support Specialist Making DNS Easy At 4:08 PM -0400 8/16/04, Steve Murphy wrote: >I'm going to be setting up QuickDNS Remote on a pair of Gentoo Linux >DNS Servers. I've switch away from RedHat because of security and >policy concerns. From what I can tell the remote is nothing more >than a C program. Has anyone performed and install on this platform >that could give some pointers? > >Thanks in advance, >Steve

Messages In This Thread: Gentoo Install by Steve Murphy on Aug 16, 2004 at 1:09:19 pm Re: Gentoo Install by Men & Mice Support on Aug 16, 2004 at 5:36:43 pm