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BIND directory /var/named/pz



On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 08:00:17PM -0400, John Abreau wrote:
> It seems that many installations of BIND put the master zone files in
> /var/named/pz,
> and slave zone files in /var/named/slaves.
> 
> How did the directory name "pz" come to be chosen and get adopted so widely?
> Several google searches turned up a lot of tutorials that used /var/named/pz,
> but I can't find a link explaining the rationale for the name.

Must be in a book or a distro somewhere; mine is named "primary"
and has been since SunOS days.

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