Window NT/2000 implementation of BIND8 Tools



Date: 31-Jan-2002.



  This is a release of BIND 8 Tools for Windows NT/2000 systems. This

  release has undergone a fair amount of testing. While I have cleaned

  up all of the NT-specific issues and bugs that I know about, you

  should report any issues to the bind-users@isc.org mailing list.



	DNS Tools Kit Installation Information



  Unpack the kit into any convenient directory and run the tools.

  Note that libbind.dll should be in the same directory or the

  system32 directory to work.  It's preferable to keep them in the

  same directory as the tools.  The tools will NOT run on Win9x,

  only WinNT and Win2000.



	About the Tools



  I have built versions of the following tools for Windows NT/2000:

  dig, nslookup and host. If you wish to use the tools on another

  NT/2000 system you can copy the tools along with the libbind.dll to

  that other system and run them there.  



  Please be aware that the tools MUST retrieve a nameserver IP

  address in order to work.  There is a specific order that will

  be used to find the addresses. The order is as follows: it will

  look for the resolv.conf file in system32\Drivers\etc and try to

  open and read that file.  Only if no nameserver IP Address has

  been found will it use the registry settings to obtain a nameserver

  IP Address. The main implication of this is that the DNS Tools MAY

  behave differently on a system running named than on one NOT running

  named, depending on a) whether or not you have customized resolv.conf

  and b) have moved the nameserver to a different system but not

  modified resolv.conf.



	Known Problems



  On Windows 2000 the tools may fail to work because they need a

  nameserver IP address and the file resolv.conf which lists the

  nameserver IP addresses may not exist in the system32\Drivers\etc

  directory.  Since the location of the list in the Windows registry

  has changed, the resolver cannot find the list.  The workaround is

  to create the resolv.conf file.  Windows NT 4.0 does not have this

  problem and will work without the resolv.conf file.



	Danny Mayer

	mayer@gis.net