mass change on all dns zones.

[IRCBrasil]

Hi,

I have this situation: I need a mass change on all dns zones. All lines equal this:

domain.com. 3600 IN TXT "v=spf1 a mx ptr ip4:11.22.33.44 a:ns1.domain.com a:ns2.domain.com -all"

need be changed to:

domain.com. 3600 IN TXT "v=spf1 a mx ptr ip4:55.66.77.88 a:ns1.domain.com a:ns2.domain.com -all"

Some sugestion?

Since now, tanks for any help.

 

[freedog96150]

A very quick and crude way to make bulk changes in RH based systems is to use the replace command. You can find help for the replace command by typing

replace -v

at the prompt. Here is a sample command to change your files in one swoop. Keep in mind that this command is indiscriminate, so it will replace ALL instances of the match with the replacement.

[root@mybox ~]# replace ip4:11.22.33.44 ip4:55.66.77.88 -- /dir/with/files/*

If your distro does not have replace, then use my personal favorite utility - sed. This is not as hard are most people think and is very powerful (well beyond my simple example below). There is plenty of help on the web at your fingertips with a simple google search. So now to the nitty-gritty:

[root@mybox ~]# sed -e 's/ip4:11.22.33.44/ip4:55.66.77.88/g' /dir/with/files/*

Simply put this scripts tell sed to '(s)ubstitute/this string/with this string/(g)lobally' in these files

Hope this helps. Be careful and remember that it is always a good idea to make a copy of the files to a new directory and experiment on the copy first. Once the desired results are achieved, then replace your working copies.

 

[IRCBrasil]

Its work!!

Thanks a lot freedog

 

[PWSowner]

When updating zone files, the serial number should be updated as well.

 

[IRCBrasil]

thanks for remind about this, I will use this script http://www.cplicensing.net/scripts.php?file=updateserial

Just another question, should I do it on /var/named/ , /var/named/chroot/var/named/ , or both dirs ?

thanks.

 

[PWSowner]

My servers don't have the 2nd one, but if they both contain zone files, it's probably best to update both.