diff -r e9df1dd6dd1f -r aa5bae344805 docs/README --- a/docs/README Tue Dec 25 15:05:29 2007 +0000 +++ b/docs/README Thu Dec 27 12:32:25 2007 +0000 @@ -1,28 +1,25 @@ -What is Poweradmin? +What is PowerAdmin? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -Poweradmin is a non-commercial front-end for the PowerDNS nameserver, -see . The goal of Poweradmin is to provide a -friendly management interface to the database backend of PowerDNS -which actually holds the DNS records. At this moment, both the mysql -and pgsql are supported. The interface allows add, modify and deletion -of both forward and reverse zones and has full IPv6 support. +The project's purpose is to create and maintain a friendly web-based DNS +administration tool for the PowerDNS DNS server. The most recent version +has full support for all zone types, support for supermasters, multi- +language support and more. -Poweradmin is written by Roeland Nieuwenhuis -and Sjeemz . It contains patches of Wim Moistry and -Dennis Roos. +See for a list +of features. -Please see CHANGES for a list of changes, CHANGES.pre-1.3.0 for a list -of changes prior to 1.3.0 release, README.i18n for information on the -multi language support, README.sequence for information the "sequence -updater" and the insertion of records and zones using other interfaces -than poweradmin. +The original PowerAdmin code was written by Trancer and Sjeemz. This +version ("a complete(r) PowerAdmin) is an adaption by Rejo Zenger. Many +people have contributed to the current code. For a list of contributors, +please see . -Where to get Poweradmin? +Where to get PowerAdmin? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -The Poweradmin website can be found at . +At you can download the most +recent version. Requirements @@ -54,8 +51,8 @@ PEAR. You can install PEAR on a Debian-based server by installing the package php-pear. Make sure php-cli can access the mysql module (uncomment the line "extension=mysql.so" in /etc/php5/cli/php.ini). - The addional PEAR packages can be installed using the "pear install" - command (e.g. "pear install MDB2 ; pear install MDB2_Driver_mysql"). + The additional PEAR packages can be installed using the "pear + install" command. - Add a SQL user for poweradmin that is granted SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE and CREATE actions.