Bind

noir911 · 07-10-2008, 03:00 AM

I am trying to figure out how bind 9.3 was installed on a Solaris box in order to upgrade it (no one around to ask). I tried "pkginfo | grep -i bind" and "pkginfo | grep -i named" but nothing showed up. I tried to configure bind 9.5 (./configure) but it says "ar" missing. I cannot find "ar" in my default path (nor as root either as user user), which makes
me wonder whether it was compiled from source! Is there any way to find it out?

Thanks for any help.

bathory · 07-10-2008, 06:15 AM

Most likely it was installed from source since pkginfo does not give any information.
Anyway if you want to compile it from source, even though the latest version 9.5.0P1 exists on sunfreeware you must add /usr/ccs/bin in your PATH in order to be able to find ar. Also you can add /usr/sfw/bin if you haven't done so.

coolster · 07-10-2008, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by noir911

I tried "pkginfo | grep -i bind" and "pkginfo | grep -i named" but nothing showed up. I tried to configure bind 9.5 (./configure) but it says "ar" missing.

"ar" missing smells like a hardened box.
BIND is probably compiled elsewhere on a similar box and the resulting binary package is moved later on to the box you are using now. Although this is a good method, there is no way of upgrading the existing binary.

Cheers, C

jlliagre · 07-10-2008, 03:05 PM

With all Solaris 10 and older and all Solaris Express releases older than Solaris Express build 68, "ar" isn't in root or any user PATH by default. It is located in /usr/ccs/bin.