BIND directory /var/named/pz

[Derek Atkins]

Dan Ritter <dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org> writes:

> 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.

Primary Zone

> -dsr-

-derek

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