having to support a large network myself, I know very little about this.. but what do lex & yacc have to do with anything ?These are language parsers, used to build complilers / interptreters and the like???!!!BIND, ok large networks might need DNS....Have I missed something completely?J> -----Original Message----- > From: ilug-admin@linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin@linux.ie]On Behalf Of kevin > lyda > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 3:39 PM > To: irish linux users group > Subject: [ILUG] bind + lex + yacc... > > > i recently received this email from a friend of mine in the states: > > i'm trying to figure out how to maintain about 200 domains, with a > hundred or so computers per domain. some internal, some external. > i recently learned lex and yacc and i'm thinking that's the way to go. > i don't really know perl and i know it's useful but i think i can > write c faster then perl. > > is this a good idea? > > ps we're really busy. > > obviously as a stupid developer with no real admin experience to speak > of, i'm not qualified to answer this question. does anyone with real > admin experience have any suggestions here? the problem sounds really > hard, and i doubt anyone has had to deal with this level of complexity > so there probably aren't any existing tools written. > > anyone else have any opinions or experience i could pass on? > > kevin > > -- > kevin@suberic.net that a believer is happier than a skeptic > is no more to > fork()'ed on 37058400 the point than the fact that a drunken > man is happier > meatspace place: home than a sober one. the happiness of > credulity is a > http://ie.suberic.net/~kevin cheap & dangerous quality -- g.b. shaw > > -- > Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug@linux.ie > http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription > information. > List maintainer: listmaster@linux.ie > > > -- Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug@linux.ie http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription information. List maintainer: listmaster@linux.ie