From ec20a62768fc72d523fadb45467da2c59b2395ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Klang Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:29:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated FAQ git-svn-id: https://svn.alkaloid.net/gpl/ldap2dns/trunk@381 06cd67b6-e706-0410-b29e-9de616bca6e9 --- ChangeLog | 3 +++ FAQ | 22 +++++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index c171381..e033b71 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Version 0.4.1 (latest) * Change default record limit to LDAP_NO_LIMIT * Tightned up LDAP search scope when calculating the checksum (Thanks Jason Chambers for the bug report) +* Fixed bug reading the LDAP bind password out of the environment (Thanks Nick + Gregory for the bug report) +* Updated FAQ Version 0.4.0 + Corrected segfault when using BIND output with SRV records (Thanks Fred Leitz) diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index cf05e92..1dec61b 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -12,8 +12,24 @@ installed. If you're running on Solaris or have installed OpenLDAP into a non-standard location then you'll need to modify the Makefile to pass the path to those header files to the compiler. +2) How do I use DNS TXT records? +(Or: Why do I need that trailing '.'?) +(Or: Why do my DNS TXT records get corrupted?) +2006-10-19 bklang +Due to an original design decision, ldap2dns uses the DNScname attribute to +store DNS TXT data. This field is normally checked to see if it should be +expanded to include a trailing domain name (that is, any string that does not +end with a '.'). The "best" way to create DNS txt record for now is to create +the TXT entry as you normally would, then simply append a '.'. The '.' will not +be included in the resulting record and will prevent expansion or other +modification of the record. -2) Where can I find a web interface? +This limitation is scheduled to be corrected around ldap2dns version 0.4.2. +Tentatively, this will see the introduction of a new attribute dedicated to +TXT records that will bypass any form of expansion. + + +3) Where can I find a web interface? 2005-06-06 bklang The official web interface of ldap2dns is "Beatnik." Beatnik is a module for @@ -24,7 +40,7 @@ the code from SVN trunk. The author uses Beatnik productively today. See http://projects.alkaloid.net for more information. -3) What happened to the webadmin directory? +4) What happened to the webadmin directory? 2005-12-22 bklang ** See security note at the end of this section regarding the old webadmin ** @@ -52,7 +68,7 @@ responsibility for any problems related to the flawed webadmin code. Thanks to Erik Cabetas for bringing these issues to my attention. -4) Why have you deprecated all that code? +5) Why have you deprecated all that code? 2005-12-07 bklang This is partially answered above, but to fully answer the question it's not