adding SRV records to a FreeBSD server

[Diego Arias]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Diego Arias <dak.col at gmail.com> wrote:

> Its actually a little bit harder than that, not impossible but you have to
> upgrade the base OS and then the ports (Packages). As we have now 8.2  i
> suggest to do a clean-installation
>
> From version 6 and newer you could do a Binary upgrade using
> freebsd-update.
>
> Wait until someone check this email as im not a 4.11 or upgrade expert.
>
> If you just want to fix the problem with SRV records, check the named(bind)
> version to see if SRV records are supported.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Ola Peters <OPeters at partnershiphp.org>wrote:
>
>>  Thank you so much for your quick response, Diego.  I am a UNIX person
>> but mostly on the HP-UX.  Is it difficult to upgrade FreeBSD?  Can I just
>> download one of the packages and run the installer?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>> Ola
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Diego Arias [mailto:dak.col at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:33 PM
>> *To:* Ola Peters
>> *Cc:* questions at FreeBSD.org
>> *Subject:* Re: adding SRV records to a FreeBSD server
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> FreeBSD 4.11 is juts too old you should Upgrade that machine.
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyway check the named(bind) version to see if it supports srv records.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Ola Peters <OPeters at partnershiphp.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Thanks so much for placing this contact information in your header!  I am
>> trying to add SRV records to my name server, which is a FreeBSD box.
>>
>> (Output from uname -a):
>>
>> ns1# uname -a
>> FreeBSD ns1.partnershiphp.org 4.11-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE #0: Fri
>> Jan 21 17:21:22 GMT 2005     root at perseus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
>>  i386
>>
>> I don't have a clue where to start and everytime I make a change, I bring
>> our website down.  Do you have a link or an example to tell me where I can
>> do this?
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>>
>> Ola Peters
>> Senior Unix Administrator
>> IT Department
>> Partnership Healthplan of California
>> 360 Campus Lane, Suite 100
>> Fairfield, CA 94534
>>
>> Phone: (707) 863-4407 | Fax: (707) 863-4349
>>
>> Email: opeters at partnershiphp.org
>> Our website: www.partnershiphp.org
>>
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