jpalmer: update -- i had a hell of a time yesterday getting powerdns and BIND to play nice regarding zone updates, but it is finally done.  I also realized the code i wrote to update the zone serial number is wrong; i need to update it in the SOA record, not the notified_serial column of domains.  fixing that now
jpalmer: i am now pondering whether i want to run BIND at all anymore.  if i do powerdns with mysql replication, then updates made via the Portal are instant, without the delay of ns1/ns2 BIND grabbing the updated zone
up_the_irons: what was the problem with getting BIND to do zone updates?
jpalmer: was just getting a bunch of senseless errors
rcode: 5
'permission denied' updating file modification
etc...
even though perms were fine
well,  powerdns can do NOTIFYs..  so the slaving should occur pretty near instantly.  or,  as you mentioned,  DB replication would be pretty darn quick too.
jpalmer: yeah, i got the notifies working, but then BIND complains if you notify it too much (it won't always suck the zone); but i suppose that is configurable
jpalmer: powerdns also will not send the NOTIFYs immediately, it sends during its polling interval.  to send a NOTIFY right away, you have to run an external command (somewhat dirty)
oh, thats right.  (I don't update my zones anywhere near as often as we do at ARP)    my updates don't generally need to be near-instant.
up_the_irons: you realize of course..   once your DNS editor works,  you won't need me anymore :P
jpalmer: well, that was kinda the point; you helped me out to free up time to make these features in the first place :)
lol
although simply answering general questions is still needed and i find you've been doing that well :)
yeah,  I have no problems continuing that if it helps.  I'm still treading water at work from the honeymoon,  so I'm not pulling my weight the last few days :p
yeah, that would help me out
cool