pdns startup script? (Was: Re: Fw: [Pdns-users] Recursor backend.. THE FIX :))

[Ian R. Justman]

A/S ScanNet - Dan Faerch wrote:


>>PowerDNS for an updated startup script which also fires up
>>pdns_recursor?  Right now, I'm using a cronned Perl script I wrote to
> 
> I dont think the recursor comes with the deb package... (I coulndt find it
> when i installed the pack)

I have to build it on my system (so I can get it; I have to edit 
debian/rules to add the --enable-recursor flag). I had to add an 
unofficial PostgreSQL source to get it to build.

>>make sure pdns_recursor was running, then start it if it ended up being
>>dead.
> 
> Hehe.. Yeah.. I made something like that.. My own 'guardian' process that
> keeps it running if it crashes..

Ain't Perl and Proc::ProcessTable grand? ;)

--Ian.