From: Ondřej Surý Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 21:37:57 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Clarify effect of "directory" configuration option X-Git-Tag: v9.19.0~130^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=00ba6967b1a2f52b0216fae30bb26275c6232bfa;p=thirdparty%2Fbind9.git Clarify effect of "directory" configuration option The "directory" configuration options affects the configuration listed after the directive but not before which may affect ``include`` directive with relative file paths. --- diff --git a/doc/arm/reference.rst b/doc/arm/reference.rst index a3a75ded5b3..66349ea2f83 100644 --- a/doc/arm/reference.rst +++ b/doc/arm/reference.rst @@ -988,6 +988,12 @@ default is used. absolute path, and *must* be writable by the effective user ID of the ``named`` process. + The option takes effect only at the time that the configuration + option is parsed; if other files are being included before or after specifying the + new ``directory``, the ``directory`` option must be listed + before any other directive (like ``include``) that can work with relative + files. The safest way to include files is to use absolute file names. + ``dnstap`` ``dnstap`` is a fast, flexible method for capturing and logging DNS traffic. Developed by Robert Edmonds at Farsight Security, Inc., and