source: trunk/DNSDB.pm@ 233

# dns/trunk/DNSDB.pm
# Abstraction functions for DNS administration
###
# SVN revision info
# $Date: 2012-02-14 23:01:43 +0000 (Tue, 14 Feb 2012) $
# SVN revision $Rev: 233 $
# Last update by $Author: kdeugau $
###
# Copyright (C) 2008-2011 - Kris Deugau <kdeugau@deepnet.cx>

package DNSDB;

use strict;
use warnings;
use Exporter;
use DBI;
use Net::DNS;
use Crypt::PasswdMD5;
use Net::SMTP;
use NetAddr::IP qw(:lower);
use POSIX;
use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);

$VERSION        = 0.1;  ##VERSION##
@ISA            = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT_OK      = qw(
        &initGlobals
        &initPermissions &getPermissions &changePermissions &comparePermissions
        &changeGroup
        &loadConfig &connectDB &finish
        &addDomain &delDomain &domainName &domainID
        &addGroup &delGroup &getChildren &groupName
        &addUser &updateUser &delUser &userFullName &userStatus &getUserData
        &getSOA &getRecLine &getDomRecs &getRecCount
        &addRec &updateRec &delRec
        &getTypelist
        &getParents
        &isParent
        &domStatus &importAXFR
        &export
        &mailNotify
        %typemap %reverse_typemap %config
        %permissions @permtypes $permlist
        );

@EXPORT         = (); # Export nothing by default.
%EXPORT_TAGS    = ( ALL => [qw(
                &initGlobals
                &initPermissions &getPermissions &changePermissions &comparePermissions
                &changeGroup
                &loadConfig &connectDB &finish
                &addDomain &delDomain &domainName &domainID
                &addGroup &delGroup &getChildren &groupName
                &addUser &updateUser &delUser &userFullName &userStatus &getUserData
                &getSOA &getRecLine &getDomRecs &getRecCount
                &addRec &updateRec &delRec
                &getTypelist
                &getParents
                &isParent
                &domStatus &importAXFR
                &export
                &mailNotify
                %typemap %reverse_typemap %config
                %permissions @permtypes $permlist
                )]
        );

our $group = 1;
our $errstr = '';

# Halfway sane defaults for SOA, TTL, etc.
# serial defaults to 0 for convenience.
# value will be either YYYYMMDDNN for BIND/etc, or auto-internal for tinydns
our %def = qw (
        contact hostmaster.DOMAIN
        prins   ns1.myserver.com
        serial  0
        soattl  86400
        refresh 10800
        retry   3600
        expire  604800
        minttl  10800
        ttl     10800
);

# Arguably defined wholly in the db, but little reason to change without supporting code changes
our @permtypes = qw (
        group_edit      group_create    group_delete
        user_edit       user_create     user_delete
        domain_edit     domain_create   domain_delete
        record_edit     record_create   record_delete
        self_edit       admin
);
our $permlist = join(',',@permtypes);

# DNS record type map and reverse map.
# loaded from the database, from http://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters
our %typemap;
our %reverse_typemap;

our %permissions;

# Prepopulate a basic config.  Note some of these *will* cause errors if left unset.
# note:  add appropriate stanzas in loadConfig to parse these
our %config = (
                # Database connection info
                dbname  => 'dnsdb',
                dbuser  => 'dnsdb',
                dbpass  => 'secret',
                dbhost  => '',

                # Email notice settings
                mailhost        => 'smtp.example.com',
                mailnotify      => 'dnsdb@example.com', # to
                mailsender      => 'dnsdb@example.com', # from
                mailname        => 'DNS Administration',
                orgname         => 'Example Corp',
                domain          => 'example.com',

                # Template directory
                templatedir     => 'templates/',
# fmeh.  this is a real web path, not a logical internal one.  hm..
#               cssdir  => 'templates/',
                sessiondir      => 'session/',

                # Session params
                timeout         => '3600',      # 1 hour default

                # Other miscellanea
                log_failures    => 1,   # log all evarthing by default
                perpage         => 15,
        );

## (Semi)private variables
# Hash of functions for validating record types.  Filled in initGlobals() since
# it relies on visibility flags from the rectypes table in the DB
my %validators;


##
## utility functions
# _rectable()
# Takes default+rdns flags, returns appropriate table name
sub _rectable {
  my $def = shift;
  my $rev = shift;

  return 'records' if $def ne 'y';
  return 'default_records' if $rev ne 'y';
  return 'default_rev_records';
} # end _rectable()

# _recparent()
# Takes default+rdns flags, returns appropriate parent-id column name
sub _recparent {
  my $def = shift;
  my $rev = shift;

  return 'group_id' if $def eq 'y';
  return 'rdns_id' if $rev eq 'y';
  return 'domain_id';
} # end _recparent()

# Check an IP to be added in a reverse zone to see if it's really in the requested parent.
# Takes a database handle, default and reverse flags, IP (fragment) to check, parent zone ID,
# and a reference to a NetAddr::IP object (also used to pass back a fully-reconstructed IP for
# database insertion)
sub _ipparent {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $defrec = shift;
  my $revrec = shift;
  my $val = shift;
  my $id = shift;
  my $addr = shift;

  return if $revrec ne 'y';     # this sub not useful in forward zones

  $$addr = NetAddr::IP->new($$val);      #necessary?

  # subsub to split, reverse, and overlay an IP fragment on a netblock
  sub __rev_overlay {
    my $splitme = shift;        # ':' or '.', m'lud?
    my $parnet = shift;
    my $val = shift;
    my $addr = shift;

    my $joinme = $splitme;
    $splitme = '\.' if $splitme eq '.';
    my @working = reverse(split($splitme, $parnet->addr));
    my @parts = reverse(split($splitme, $$val));
    for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#parts; $i++) {
      $working[$i] = $parts[$i];
    }
    my $checkme = NetAddr::IP->new(join($joinme, reverse(@working))) or return 0;
    return 0 unless $checkme->within($parnet);
    $$addr = $checkme;  # force "correct" IP to be recorded.
    return 1;
  }

  my ($parstr) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT revnet FROM revzones WHERE rdns_id = ?", undef, ($id));
  my $parnet = NetAddr::IP->new($parstr);

  # Fail early on v6-in-v4 or v4-in-v6.  We're not accepting these ATM.
  return 0 if $parnet->addr =~ /\./ && $$val =~ /:/;
  return 0 if $parnet->addr =~ /:/ && $$val =~ /\./;

  if ($$addr && $$val =~ /^\d[\d:]+\d$/) {
    # the only case where NetAddr::IP's acceptance of legitimate IPs is "correct" is for a proper IPv6 address.
    # the rest we have to restructure before fiddling.  *sigh*
    return 1 if $$addr->within($parnet);
  } else {
    # We don't have a complete IP in $$val (yet)
    if ($parnet->addr =~ /:/) {
      $$val =~ s/^:+//;  # gotta strip'em all...
      return __rev_overlay(':', $parnet, $val, $addr);
    }
    if ($parnet->addr =~ /\./) {
      $$val =~ s/^\.+//;
      return __rev_overlay('.', $parnet, $val, $addr);
    }
    # should be impossible to get here...
  }
  # ... and here.
  # can't do nuttin' in forward zones
} # end _ipparent()

# A little different than _ipparent above;  this tries to *find* the parent zone of a hostname
sub _hostparent {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $hname = shift;
  
  my @hostbits = split /\./, $hname;
  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT count(*),domain_id FROM domains WHERE domain = ? GROUP BY domain_id");
  foreach (@hostbits) {
    $sth->execute($hname);
    my ($found, $parid) = $sth->fetchrow_array;
    if ($found) {
      return $parid;
    }
    $hname =~ s/^$_\.//;
  }
} # end _hostparent()

##
## Record validation subs.
##

# A record
sub _validate_1 {
  my $dbh = shift;

  my %args = @_;

  return ('FAIL', 'Reverse zones cannot contain A records') if $args{revrec} eq 'y';

  # Coerce all hostnames to end in ".DOMAIN" for group/default records,
  # or the intended parent domain for live records.
  my $pname = ($args{defrec} eq 'y' ? 'DOMAIN' : domainName($dbh,$args{id}));
  ${$args{host}} =~ s/\.*$/\.$pname/ if ${$args{host}} !~ /$pname$/;

  # Check IP is well-formed, and that it's a v4 address
  return ('FAIL',"$typemap{${$args{rectype}}} record must be a valid IPv4 address")
        unless $args{addr} && !$args{addr}->{isv6};
  # coerce IP/value to normalized form for storage
  ${$args{val}} = $args{addr}->addr;

  # Add the necessary fields.
  ${$args{fields}} = 'domain_id,';
  push @{$args{vallist}}, $args{id};

  return ('OK','OK');
} # done A record

# NS record
sub _validate_2 {
  my $dbh = shift;

  my %args = @_;

  # Coerce the hostname to "DOMAIN" for forward default records, "ZONE" for reverse default records,
  # or the intended parent zone for live records.
##fixme:  allow for delegating <subdomain>.DOMAIN?
  if ($args{revrec} eq 'y') {
    my $pname = ($args{defrec} eq 'y' ? 'ZONE' : revName($dbh,$args{id}));
    ${$args{host}} = $pname if ${$args{host}} ne $pname;
  } else {
    my $pname = ($args{defrec} eq 'y' ? 'DOMAIN' : domainName($dbh,$args{id}));
    ${$args{host}} = $pname if ${$args{host}} ne $pname;
  }

# Let this lie for now.  Needs more magic.
#  # Check IP is well-formed, and that it's a v4 address
#  return ('FAIL',"A record must be a valid IPv4 address")
#       unless $addr && !$addr->{isv6};
#  # coerce IP/value to normalized form for storage
#  $$val = $addr->addr;

  return ('OK','OK');
} # done NS record

# CNAME record
sub _validate_5 {
  my $dbh = shift;

  my %args = @_;

# Not really true, but these are only useful for delegating smaller-than-/24 IP blocks.
# This is fundamentally a messy operation and should really just be taken care of by the
# export process, not manual maintenance of the necessary records.
  return ('FAIL', 'Reverse zones cannot contain CNAME records') if $args{revrec} eq 'y';

  # Coerce all hostnames to end in ".DOMAIN" for group/default records,
  # or the intended parent domain for live records.
  my $pname = ($args{defrec} eq 'y' ? 'DOMAIN' : domainName($dbh,$args{id}));
  ${$args{host}} =~ s/\.*$/\.$pname/ if ${$args{host}} !~ /$pname$/;

  return ('OK','OK');
} # done CNAME record

# SOA record
sub _validate_6 {
  # Smart monkeys won't stick their fingers in here;  we have
  # separate dedicated routines to deal with SOA records.
  return ('OK','OK');
} # done SOA record

# PTR record
sub _validate_12 {
  my $dbh = shift;

  my %args = @_;

  if ($args{revrec} eq 'y') {
    if ($args{defrec} eq 'n') {
      return ('FAIL', "IP or IP fragment ${$args{val}} is not within ".revName($dbh, $args{id}))
        unless _ipparent($dbh, $args{defrec}, $args{revrec}, $args{val}, $args{id}, \$args{addr});
      ${$args{val}} = $args{addr}->addr;
    } else {
      ${$args{val}} =~ s/^([:.]*)/ZONE$1/;
    }

    ${$args{fields}} = _recparent($args{defrec},$args{revrec}).",";
    push @{$args{vallist}}, $args{id};

# Multiple PTR records do NOT generally do what most people believe they do,
# and tend to fail in the most awkward way possible.  Check and warn.
# We use $val instead of $addr->addr since we may be in a defrec, and may have eg "ZONE::42" or "ZONE.12"
    my ($ptrcount) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT count(*) FROM "._rectable($args{defrec},$args{revrec}).
        " WHERE val = ?", undef, ${$args{val}});
    return ('WARN', "PTR record for ${$args{val}} already exists;  adding another will probably not do what you want")
        if $ptrcount;
  } else {
    # Not absolutely true but only useful if you hack things up for sub-/24 v4 reverse delegations
    # Simpler to just create the reverse zone and grant access for the customer to edit it, and create direct
    # PTR records on export
    return ('FAIL',"Forward zones cannot contain PTR records");
  }

  return ('OK','OK');
} # done PTR record

# MX record
sub _validate_15 {
  my $dbh = shift;

  my %args = @_;

# Not absolutely true but WTF use is an MX record for a reverse zone?
  return ('FAIL', 'Reverse zones cannot contain MX records') if $args{revrec} eq 'y';

  return ('FAIL', "Distance is required for MX records") unless defined(${$args{dist}});
  ${$args{dist}} =~ s/\s*//g;
  return ('FAIL',"Distance is required, and must be numeric") unless ${$args{dist}} =~ /^\d+$/;

  ${$args{fields}} = "distance,";
  push @{$args{vallist}}, ${$args{dist}};

  # Coerce all hostnames to end in ".DOMAIN" for group/default records,
  # or the intended parent domain for live records.
  my $pname = ($args{defrec} eq 'y' ? 'DOMAIN' : domainName($dbh,$args{id}));
  ${$args{host}} =~ s/\.*$/\.$pname/ if ${$args{host}} !~ /$pname$/;

  return ('OK','OK');
} # done MX record

# TXT record
sub _validate_16 {
  # Could arguably put a WARN return here on very long (>512) records
  return ('OK','OK');
} # done TXT record

# RP record
sub _validate_17 {
  # Probably have to validate these some day
  return ('OK','OK');
} # done RP record

# AAAA record
sub _validate_28 {
  my $dbh = shift;

  my %args = @_;

  return ('FAIL', 'Reverse zones cannot contain AAAA records') if $args{revrec} eq 'y';

  # Coerce all hostnames to end in ".DOMAIN" for group/default records,
  # or the intended parent domain for live records.
  my $pname = ($args{defrec} eq 'y' ? 'DOMAIN' : domainName($dbh,$args{id}));
  ${$args{host}} =~ s/\.*$/\.$pname/ if ${$args{host}} !~ /$pname$/;

  # Check IP is well-formed, and that it's a v6 address
  return ('FAIL',"$typemap{${$args{rectype}}} record must be a valid IPv6 address")
        unless $args{addr} && $args{addr}->{isv6};
  # coerce IP/value to normalized form for storage
  ${$args{val}} = $args{addr}->addr;

  # Add the necessary fields.
  ${$args{fields}} = 'domain_id,';
  push @{$args{vallist}}, $args{id};

  return ('OK','OK');
} # done AAAA record

# SRV record
sub _validate_33 {
  my $dbh = shift;

  my %args = @_;

# Not absolutely true but WTF use is an SRV record for a reverse zone?
  return ('FAIL', 'Reverse zones cannot contain SRV records') if $args{revrec} eq 'y';

  return ('FAIL', "Distance is required for SRV records") unless defined(${$args{dist}});
  ${$args{dist}} =~ s/\s*//g;
  return ('FAIL',"Distance is required, and must be numeric") unless ${$args{dist}} =~ /^\d+$/;

  return ('FAIL',"SRV records must begin with _service._protocol [${$args{host}}]")
        unless ${$args{host}} =~ /^_[A-Za-z]+\._[A-Za-z]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+/;
  return ('FAIL',"Port and weight are required for SRV records")
        unless defined(${$args{weight}}) && defined(${$args{port}});
  ${$args{weight}} =~ s/\s*//g;
  ${$args{port}} =~ s/\s*//g;

  return ('FAIL',"Port and weight are required, and must be numeric")
        unless ${$args{weight}} =~ /^\d+$/ && ${$args{port}} =~ /^\d+$/;

  ${$args{fields}} = "distance,weight,port,";
  push @{$args{vallist}}, (${$args{dist}}, ${$args{weight}}, ${$args{port}});

  # Coerce all hostnames to end in ".DOMAIN" for group/default records,
  # or the intended parent domain for live records.
  my $pname = ($args{defrec} eq 'y' ? 'DOMAIN' : domainName($dbh,$args{id}));
  ${$args{host}} =~ s/\.*$/\.$pname/ if ${$args{host}} !~ /$pname$/;

  return ('OK','OK');
} # done SRV record

# Now the custom types

# A+PTR record.  With a very little bit of magic we can also use this sub to validate AAAA+PTR.  Whee!
sub _validate_65280 {
  my $dbh = shift;

  my %args = @_;

  my $code = 'OK';
  my $msg = 'OK';

  if ($args{defrec} eq 'n') {
    # live record;  revrec determines whether we validate the PTR or A component first.

    if ($args{revrec} eq 'y') {
      ($code,$msg) = _validate_12($dbh, %args);
      return ($code,$msg) if $code eq 'FAIL';

      # Check if the reqested domain exists.  If not, coerce the type down to PTR and warn.
      if (!(${$args{domid}} = _hostparent($dbh, ${$args{host}}))) {
        my $addmsg = "Record added as PTR instead of $typemap{${$args{rectype}}};  domain not found for ${$args{host}}";
        $msg .= "\n$addmsg" if $code eq 'WARN';
        $msg = $addmsg if $code eq 'OK';
        ${$args{rectype}} = $reverse_typemap{PTR};
        return ('WARN', $msg);
      }
      ${$args{fields}} .= "domain_id,";
      push @{$args{vallist}}, ${$args{domid}};

    } else {
      ($code,$msg) = _validate_1($dbh, %args) if ${$args{rectype}} == 65280;
      ($code,$msg) = _validate_28($dbh, %args) if ${$args{rectype}} == 65281;
      return ($code,$msg) if $code eq 'FAIL';

      # Check if the requested reverse zone exists - note, an IP fragment won't
      # work here since we don't *know* which parent to put it in.
      # ${$args{val}} has been validated as a valid IP by now, in one of the above calls.
      my ($revid) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT rdns_id FROM revzones WHERE revnet >> ?".
        " ORDER BY masklen(revnet) DESC", undef, (${$args{val}}));
      if (!$revid) {
        $msg = "Record added as ".(${$args{rectype}} == 65280 ? 'A' : 'AAAA').
                " instead of $typemap{${$args{rectype}}};  reverse zone not found for ${$args{val}}";
        ${$args{rectype}} = (${$args{rectype}} == 65280 ? $reverse_typemap{A} : $reverse_typemap{AAAA});
        return ('WARN', $msg);
      }

      # Check for duplicate PTRs.  Note we don't have to play games with $code and $msg, because
      # by definition there can't be duplicate PTRs if the reverse zone isn't managed here.
      my ($ptrcount) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT count(*) FROM "._rectable($args{defrec},$args{revrec}).
        " WHERE val = ?", undef, ${$args{val}});
      if ($ptrcount) {
        $msg = "PTR record for ${$args{val}} already exists;  adding another will probably not do what you want";
        $code = 'WARN';
      }

      ${$args{fields}} .= "rdns_id,";
      push @{$args{vallist}}, $revid;
    }

  } else {      # defrec eq 'y'
    if ($args{revrec} eq 'y') {
      ($code,$msg) = _validate_12($dbh, %args);
      return ($code,$msg) if $code eq 'FAIL';
      if (${$args{rectype}} == 65280) {
        return ('FAIL',"A+PTR record must be a valid IPv4 address or fragment")
                if ${$args{val}} =~ /:/;
        ${$args{val}} =~ s/^ZONE,/ZONE./;       # Clean up after uncertain IP-fragment-type from _validate_12
      } elsif (${$args{rectype}} == 65281) {
        return ('FAIL',"AAAA+PTR record must be a valid IPv6 address or fragment")
                if ${$args{val}} =~ /\./;
        ${$args{val}} =~ s/^ZONE,/ZONE::/;      # Clean up after uncertain IP-fragment-type from _validate_12
      }
    } else {
      # This is easy.  I also can't see a real use-case for A/AAAA+PTR in *all* forward
      # domains, since you wouldn't be able to substitute both domain and reverse zone
      # sanely, and you'd end up with guaranteed over-replicated PTR records that would
      # confuse the hell out of pretty much anything that uses them.
      return ('FAIL', "$typemap{${$args{rectype}}} records not allowed in default domains");
    }
  }

  return ($code, $msg);
} # done A+PTR record

# AAAA+PTR record
# A+PTR above has been magicked to handle AAAA+PTR as well.
sub _validate_65281 {
  return _validate_65280(@_);
} # done AAAA+PTR record

# PTR template record
sub _validate_65282 {
  return ('OK','OK');
} # done PTR template record

# A+PTR template record
sub _validate_65283 {
  return ('OK','OK');
} # done AAAA+PTR template record

# AAAA+PTR template record
sub _validate_65284 {
  return ('OK','OK');
} # done AAAA+PTR template record



##
## Initialization and cleanup subs
##


## DNSDB::loadConfig()
# Load the minimum required initial state (DB connect info) from a config file
# Load misc other bits while we're at it.
# Takes an optional basename and config path to look for
# Populates the %config and %def hashes
sub loadConfig {
  my $basename = shift || '';   # this will work OK
##fixme  $basename isn't doing what I think I thought I was trying to do.

  my $deferr = '';      # place to put error from default config file in case we can't find either one

  my $configroot = "/etc/dnsdb";        ##CFG_LEAF##
  $configroot = '' if $basename =~ m|^/|;
  $basename .= ".conf" if $basename !~ /\.conf$/;
  my $defconfig = "$configroot/dnsdb.conf";
  my $siteconfig = "$configroot/$basename";

  # System defaults
  __cfgload("$defconfig") or $deferr = $errstr;

  # Per-site-ish settings.
  if ($basename ne '.conf') {
    unless (__cfgload("$siteconfig")) {
      $errstr = ($deferr ? "Error opening default config file $defconfig: $deferr\n" : '').
        "Error opening site config file $siteconfig";
      return;
    }
  }

  # Munge log_failures.
  if ($config{log_failures} ne '1' && $config{log_failures} ne '0') {
    # true/false, on/off, yes/no all valid.
    if ($config{log_failures} =~ /^(?:true|false|on|off|yes|no)$/) {
      if ($config{log_failures} =~ /(?:true|on|yes)/) {
        $config{log_failures} = 1;
      } else {
        $config{log_failures} = 0;
      }
    } else {
      $errstr = "Bad log_failures setting $config{log_failures}";
      $config{log_failures} = 1;
      # Bad setting shouldn't be fatal.
      # return 2;
    }
  }

  # All good, clear the error and go home.
  $errstr = '';
  return 1;
} # end loadConfig()


## DNSDB::__cfgload()
# Private sub to parse a config file and load it into %config
# Takes a file handle on an open config file
sub __cfgload {
  $errstr = '';
  my $cfgfile = shift;

  if (open CFG, "<$cfgfile") {
    while (<CFG>) {
      chomp;
      s/^\s*//;
      next if /^#/;
      next if /^$/;
# hmm.  more complex bits in this file might require [heading] headers, maybe?
#    $mode = $1 if /^\[(a-z)+]/;
    # DB connect info
      $config{dbname}   = $1 if /^dbname\s*=\s*([a-z0-9_.-]+)/i;
      $config{dbuser}   = $1 if /^dbuser\s*=\s*([a-z0-9_.-]+)/i;
      $config{dbpass}   = $1 if /^dbpass\s*=\s*([a-z0-9_.-]+)/i;
      $config{dbhost}   = $1 if /^dbhost\s*=\s*([a-z0-9_.-]+)/i;
      # SOA defaults
      $def{contact}     = $1 if /^contact\s*=\s*([a-z0-9_.-]+)/i;
      $def{prins}       = $1 if /^prins\s*=\s*([a-z0-9_.-]+)/i;
      $def{soattl}      = $1 if /^soattl\s*=\s*(\d+)/i;
      $def{refresh}     = $1 if /^refresh\s*=\s*(\d+)/i;
      $def{retry}       = $1 if /^retry\s*=\s*(\d+)/i;
      $def{expire}      = $1 if /^expire\s*=\s*(\d+)/i;
      $def{minttl}      = $1 if /^minttl\s*=\s*(\d+)/i;
      $def{ttl}         = $1 if /^ttl\s*=\s*(\d+)/i;
      # Mail settings
      $config{mailhost}         = $1 if /^mailhost\s*=\s*([a-z0-9_.-]+)/i;
      $config{mailnotify}       = $1 if /^mailnotify\s*=\s*([a-z0-9_.\@-]+)/i;
      $config{mailsender}       = $1 if /^mailsender\s*=\s*([a-z0-9_.\@-]+)/i;
      $config{mailname}         = $1 if /^mailname\s*=\s*([a-z0-9\s_.-]+)/i;
      $config{orgname}          = $1 if /^orgname\s*=\s*([a-z0-9\s_.,'-]+)/i;
      $config{domain}           = $1 if /^domain\s*=\s*([a-z0-9_.-]+)/i;
      # session - note this is fed directly to CGI::Session
      $config{timeout}          = $1 if /^[tT][iI][mM][eE][oO][uU][tT]\s*=\s*(\d+[smhdwMy]?)/;
      $config{sessiondir}       = $1 if m{^sessiondir\s*=\s*([a-z0-9/_.-]+)}i;
      # misc
      $config{log_failures}     = $1 if /^log_failures\s*=\s*([a-z01]+)/i;
      $config{perpage}          = $1 if /^perpage\s*=\s*(\d+)/i;
    }
    close CFG;
  } else {
    $errstr = $!;
    return;
  }
  return 1;
} # end __cfgload()


## DNSDB::connectDB()
# Creates connection to DNS database.
# Requires the database name, username, and password.
# Returns a handle to the db.
# Set up for a PostgreSQL db;  could be any transactional DBMS with the
# right changes.
sub connectDB {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbname = shift;
  my $user = shift;
  my $pass = shift;
  my $dbh;
  my $DSN = "DBI:Pg:dbname=$dbname";

  my $host = shift;
  $DSN .= ";host=$host" if $host;

# Note that we want to autocommit by default, and we will turn it off locally as necessary.
# We may not want to print gobbledygook errors;  YMMV.  Have to ponder that further.
  $dbh = DBI->connect($DSN, $user, $pass, {
        AutoCommit => 1,
        PrintError => 0
        })
    or return (undef, $DBI::errstr) if(!$dbh);

##fixme:  initialize the DB if we can't find the table (since, by definition, there's
# nothing there if we can't select from it...)
  my $tblsth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT count(*) FROM pg_catalog.pg_class WHERE relkind='r' AND relname=?");
  my ($tblcount) = $dbh->selectrow_array($tblsth, undef, ('misc'));
  return (undef,$DBI::errstr) if $dbh->err;

#if ($tblcount == 0) {
#  # create tables one at a time, checking for each.
#  return (undef, "check table misc missing");
#}


# Return here if we can't select.
# This should retrieve the dbversion key.
  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT key,value FROM misc WHERE misc_id=1");
  $sth->execute();
  return (undef,$DBI::errstr) if ($sth->err);

##fixme:  do stuff to the DB on version mismatch
# x.y series should upgrade on $DNSDB::VERSION > misc(key=>version)
# DB should be downward-compatible;  column defaults should give sane (if possibly
# useless-and-needs-help) values in columns an older software stack doesn't know about.

# See if the select returned anything (or null data).  This should
# succeed if the select executed, but...
  $sth->fetchrow();
  return (undef,$DBI::errstr)  if ($sth->err);

  $sth->finish;

# If we get here, we should be OK.
  return ($dbh,"DB connection OK");
} # end connectDB


## DNSDB::finish()
# Cleans up after database handles and so on.
# Requires a database handle
sub finish {
  my $dbh = $_[0];
  $dbh->disconnect;
} # end finish


## DNSDB::initGlobals()
# Initialize global variables
# NB: this does NOT include web-specific session variables!
# Requires a database handle
sub initGlobals {
  my $dbh = shift;

# load record types from database
  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT val,name,stdflag FROM rectypes");
  $sth->execute;
  while (my ($recval,$recname,$stdflag) = $sth->fetchrow_array()) {
    $typemap{$recval} = $recname;
    $reverse_typemap{$recname} = $recval;
    # now we fill the record validation function hash
    if ($stdflag < 5) {
      my $fn = "_validate_$recval";
      $validators{$recval} = \&$fn;
    } else {
      my $fn = "sub { return ('FAIL','Type $recval ($recname) not supported'); }";
      $validators{$recval} = eval $fn;
    }
  }
} # end initGlobals


## DNSDB::initPermissions()
# Set up permissions global
# Takes database handle and UID
sub initPermissions {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $uid = shift;

#  %permissions = $(getPermissions($dbh,'user',$uid));
  getPermissions($dbh, 'user', $uid, \%permissions);

} # end initPermissions()


## DNSDB::getPermissions()
# Get permissions from DB
# Requires DB handle, group or user flag, ID, and hashref.
sub getPermissions {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $type = shift;
  my $id = shift;
  my $hash = shift;

  my $sql = qq(
        SELECT
        p.admin,p.self_edit,
        p.group_create,p.group_edit,p.group_delete,
        p.user_create,p.user_edit,p.user_delete,
        p.domain_create,p.domain_edit,p.domain_delete,
        p.record_create,p.record_edit,p.record_delete
        FROM permissions p
        );
  if ($type eq 'group') {
    $sql .= qq(
        JOIN groups g ON g.permission_id=p.permission_id
        WHERE g.group_id=?
        );
  } else {
    $sql .= qq(
        JOIN users u ON u.permission_id=p.permission_id
        WHERE u.user_id=?
        );
  }

  my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);

  $sth->execute($id) or die "argh: ".$sth->errstr;

#  my $permref = $sth->fetchrow_hashref;
#  return $permref;
#  $hash = $permref;
# Eww.  Need to learn how to forcibly drop a hashref onto an existing hash.
  ($hash->{admin},$hash->{self_edit},
        $hash->{group_create},$hash->{group_edit},$hash->{group_delete},
        $hash->{user_create},$hash->{user_edit},$hash->{user_delete},
        $hash->{domain_create},$hash->{domain_edit},$hash->{domain_delete},
        $hash->{record_create},$hash->{record_edit},$hash->{record_delete})
        = $sth->fetchrow_array;

} # end getPermissions()


## DNSDB::changePermissions()
# Update an ACL entry
# Takes a db handle, type, owner-id, and hashref for the changed permissions.
sub changePermissions {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $type = shift;
  my $id = shift;
  my $newperms = shift;
  my $inherit = shift || 0;

  my $failmsg = '';

  # see if we're switching from inherited to custom.  for bonus points,
  # snag the permid and parent permid anyway, since we'll need the permid
  # to set/alter custom perms, and both if we're switching from custom to
  # inherited.
  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT (u.permission_id=g.permission_id) AS was_inherited,u.permission_id,g.permission_id".
        " FROM ".($type eq 'user' ? 'users' : 'groups')." u ".
        " JOIN groups g ON u.".($type eq 'user' ? '' : 'parent_')."group_id=g.group_id ".
        " WHERE u.".($type eq 'user' ? 'user' : 'group')."_id=?");
  $sth->execute($id);

  my ($wasinherited,$permid,$parpermid) = $sth->fetchrow_array;

# hack phtoui
# group id 1 is "special" in that it's it's own parent (err...  possibly.)
# may make its parent id 0 which doesn't exist, and as a bonus is Perl-false.
  $wasinherited = 0 if ($type eq 'group' && $id == 1);

  local $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
  local $dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;

  # Wrap all the SQL in a transaction
  eval {
    if ($inherit) {

      $dbh->do("UPDATE ".($type eq 'user' ? 'users' : 'groups')." SET inherit_perm='t',permission_id=? ".
        "WHERE ".($type eq 'user' ? 'user' : 'group')."_id=?", undef, ($parpermid, $id) );
      $dbh->do("DELETE FROM permissions WHERE permission_id=?", undef, ($permid) );

    } else {

      if ($wasinherited) {      # munge new permission entry in if we're switching from inherited perms
##fixme: need to add semirecursive bit to properly munge inherited permission ID on subgroups and users
# ... if'n'when we have groups with fully inherited permissions.
        # SQL is coo
        $dbh->do("INSERT INTO permissions ($permlist,".($type eq 'user' ? 'user' : 'group')."_id) ".
                "SELECT $permlist,? FROM permissions WHERE permission_id=?", undef, ($id,$permid) );
        ($permid) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT permission_id FROM permissions ".
                "WHERE ".($type eq 'user' ? 'user' : 'group')."_id=?", undef, ($id) );
        $dbh->do("UPDATE ".($type eq 'user' ? 'users' : 'groups')." SET inherit_perm='f',permission_id=? ".
                "WHERE ".($type eq 'user' ? 'user' : 'group')."_id=?", undef, ($permid, $id) );
      }

      # and now set the permissions we were passed
      foreach (@permtypes) {
        if (defined ($newperms->{$_})) {
          $dbh->do("UPDATE permissions SET $_=? WHERE permission_id=?", undef, ($newperms->{$_},$permid) );
        }
      }

    } # (inherited->)? custom

    $dbh->commit;
  }; # end eval
  if ($@) {
    my $msg = $@;
    eval { $dbh->rollback; };
    return ('FAIL',"$failmsg: $msg ($permid)");
  } else {
    return ('OK',$permid);
  }

} # end changePermissions()


## DNSDB::comparePermissions()
# Compare two permission hashes
# Returns '>', '<', '=', '!'
sub comparePermissions {
  my $p1 = shift;
  my $p2 = shift;

  my $retval = '=';     # assume equality until proven otherwise

  no warnings "uninitialized";

  foreach (@permtypes) {
    next if $p1->{$_} == $p2->{$_};     # equal is good
    if ($p1->{$_} && !$p2->{$_}) {
      if ($retval eq '<') {     # if we've already found an unequal pair where
        $retval = '!';          # $p2 has more access, and we now find a pair
        last;                   # where $p1 has more access, the overall access
      }                         # is neither greater or lesser, it's unequal.
      $retval = '>';
    }
    if (!$p1->{$_} && $p2->{$_}) {
      if ($retval eq '>') {     # if we've already found an unequal pair where
        $retval = '!';          # $p1 has more access, and we now find a pair
        last;                   # where $p2 has more access, the overall access
      }                         # is neither greater or lesser, it's unequal.
      $retval = '<';
    }
  }
  return $retval;
} # end comparePermissions()


## DNSDB::changeGroup()
# Change group ID of an entity
# Takes a database handle, entity type, entity ID, and new group ID
sub changeGroup {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $type = shift;
  my $id = shift;
  my $newgrp = shift;

##fixme:  fail on not enough args
  #return ('FAIL', "Missing 

  if ($type eq 'domain') {
    $dbh->do("UPDATE domains SET group_id=? WHERE domain_id=?", undef, ($newgrp, $id))
        or return ('FAIL','Group change failed: '.$dbh->errstr);
  } elsif ($type eq 'user') {
    $dbh->do("UPDATE users SET group_id=? WHERE user_id=?", undef, ($newgrp, $id))
        or return ('FAIL','Group change failed: '.$dbh->errstr);
  } elsif ($type eq 'group') {
    $dbh->do("UPDATE groups SET parent_group_id=? WHERE group_id=?", undef, ($newgrp, $id))
        or return ('FAIL','Group change failed: '.$dbh->errstr);
  }
  return ('OK','OK');
} # end changeGroup()


## DNSDB::_log()
# Log an action
# Internal sub
# Takes a database handle, domain_id, user_id, group_id, email, name and log entry
##fixme:  convert to trailing hash for user info
# User info must contain a (user ID OR username)+fullname
sub _log {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my ($domain_id,$user_id,$group_id,$username,$name,$entry) = @_;

##fixme:  need better way(s?) to snag userinfo for log entries.  don't want to have
# to pass around yet *another* constant (already passing $dbh, shouldn't need to)
  my $fullname;
  if (!$user_id) {
    ($user_id, $fullname) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT user_id, firstname || ' ' || lastname FROM users".
        " WHERE username=?", undef, ($username));
  } elsif (!$username) {
    ($username, $fullname) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT username, firstname || ' ' || lastname FROM users".
        " WHERE user_id=?", undef, ($user_id));
  } else {
    ($fullname) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT firstname || ' ' || lastname FROM users".
        " WHERE user_id=?", undef, ($user_id));
  }

  $name = $fullname if !$name;

##fixme:  farm out the actual logging to different subs for file, syslog, internal, etc based on config
  $dbh->do("INSERT INTO log (domain_id,user_id,group_id,email,name,entry) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?)", undef,
        ($domain_id,$user_id,$group_id,$username,$name,$entry));
#            123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
#                     1         2         3         4         5         6         7
} # end _log


##
## Processing subs
##

## DNSDB::addDomain()
# Add a domain
# Takes a database handle, domain name, numeric group, boolean(ish) state (active/inactive),
# and user info hash (for logging).
# Returns a status code and message
sub addDomain {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  return ('FAIL',"Need database handle") if !$dbh;
  my $domain = shift;
  return ('FAIL',"Domain must not be blank") if !$domain;
  my $group = shift;
  return ('FAIL',"Need group") if !defined($group);
  my $state = shift;
  return ('FAIL',"Need domain status") if !defined($state);

  my %userinfo = @_;    # remaining bits.
# user ID, username, user full name

  $state = 1 if $state =~ /^active$/;
  $state = 1 if $state =~ /^on$/;
  $state = 0 if $state =~ /^inactive$/;
  $state = 0 if $state =~ /^off$/;

  return ('FAIL',"Invalid domain status") if $state !~ /^\d+$/;

  return ('FAIL', "Invalid characters in domain") if $domain !~ /^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$/;

  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT domain_id FROM domains WHERE domain=?");
  my $dom_id;

# quick check to start to see if we've already got one
  $sth->execute($domain);
  ($dom_id) = $sth->fetchrow_array;

  return ('FAIL', "Domain already exists") if $dom_id;

  # Allow transactions, and raise an exception on errors so we can catch it later.
  # Use local to make sure these get "reset" properly on exiting this block
  local $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
  local $dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;

  # Wrap all the SQL in a transaction
  eval {
    # insert the domain...
    $dbh->do("INSERT INTO domains (domain,group_id,status) VALUES (?,?,?)", undef, ($domain, $group, $state));

    # get the ID...
    ($dom_id) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT domain_id FROM domains WHERE domain=?", undef, ($domain));

    _log($dbh, $dom_id, $userinfo{id}, $group, $userinfo{name}, $userinfo{fullname},
        "Added ".($state ? 'active' : 'inactive')." domain $domain");

    # ... and now we construct the standard records from the default set.  NB:  group should be variable.
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT host,type,val,distance,weight,port,ttl FROM default_records WHERE group_id=?");
    my $sth_in = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO records (domain_id,host,type,val,distance,weight,port,ttl)".
        " VALUES ($dom_id,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");
    $sth->execute($group);
    while (my ($host,$type,$val,$dist,$weight,$port,$ttl) = $sth->fetchrow_array()) {
      $host =~ s/DOMAIN/$domain/g;
      $val =~ s/DOMAIN/$domain/g;
      $sth_in->execute($host,$type,$val,$dist,$weight,$port,$ttl);
      if ($typemap{$type} eq 'SOA') {
        my @tmp1 = split /:/, $host;
        my @tmp2 = split /:/, $val;
        _log($dbh, $dom_id, $userinfo{id}, $group, $userinfo{name}, $userinfo{fullname},
                "[new $domain] Added SOA record [contact $tmp1[0]] [master $tmp1[1]] ".
                "[refresh $tmp2[0]] [retry $tmp2[1]] [expire $tmp2[2]] [minttl $tmp2[3]], TTL $ttl");
      } else {
        my $logentry = "[new $domain] Added record '$host $typemap{$type}";
        $logentry .= " [distance $dist]" if $typemap{$type} eq 'MX';
        $logentry .= " [priority $dist] [weight $weight] [port $port]" if $typemap{$type} eq 'SRV';
        _log($dbh, $dom_id, $userinfo{id}, $group, $userinfo{name}, $userinfo{fullname},
                $logentry." $val', TTL $ttl");
      }
    }

    # once we get here, we should have suceeded.
    $dbh->commit;
  }; # end eval

  if ($@) {
    my $msg = $@;
    eval { $dbh->rollback; };
    return ('FAIL',$msg);
  } else {
    return ('OK',$dom_id);
  }
} # end addDomain


## DNSDB::delDomain()
# Delete a domain.
# for now, just delete the records, then the domain.
# later we may want to archive it in some way instead (status code 2, for example?)
sub delDomain {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $domid = shift;

  # Allow transactions, and raise an exception on errors so we can catch it later.
  # Use local to make sure these get "reset" properly on exiting this block
  local $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
  local $dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;

  my $failmsg = '';

  # Wrap all the SQL in a transaction
  eval {
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare("delete from records where domain_id=?");
    $failmsg = "Failure removing domain records";
    $sth->execute($domid);
    $sth = $dbh->prepare("delete from domains where domain_id=?");
    $failmsg = "Failure removing domain";
    $sth->execute($domid);

    # once we get here, we should have suceeded.
    $dbh->commit;
  }; # end eval

  if ($@) {
    my $msg = $@;
    eval { $dbh->rollback; };
    return ('FAIL',"$failmsg: $msg");
  } else {
    return ('OK','OK');
  }

} # end delDomain()


## DNSDB::domainName()
# Return the domain name based on a domain ID
# Takes a database handle and the domain ID
# Returns the domain name or undef on failure
sub domainName {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $domid = shift;
  my ($domname) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT domain FROM domains WHERE domain_id=?", undef, ($domid) );
  $errstr = $DBI::errstr if !$domname;
  return $domname if $domname;
} # end domainName()


## DNSDB::revName()
# Return the reverse zone name based on an rDNS ID
# Takes a database handle and the rDNS ID
# Returns the reverse zone name or undef on failure
sub revName {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $revid = shift;
  my ($revname) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT revnet FROM revzones WHERE rdns_id=?", undef, ($revid) );
  $errstr = $DBI::errstr if !$revname;
  return $revname if $revname;
} # end revName()


## DNSDB::domainID()
# Takes a database handle and domain name
# Returns the domain ID number
sub domainID {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $domain = shift;
  my ($domid) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT domain_id FROM domains WHERE domain=?", undef, ($domain) );
  $errstr = $DBI::errstr if !$domid;
  return $domid if $domid;
} # end domainID()


## DNSDB::addGroup()
# Add a group
# Takes a database handle, group name, parent group, hashref for permissions,
# and optional template-vs-cloneme flag
# Returns a status code and message
sub addGroup {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $groupname = shift;
  my $pargroup = shift;
  my $permissions = shift;

  # 0 indicates "custom", hardcoded.
  # Any other value clones that group's default records, if it exists.
  my $inherit = shift || 0;     
##fixme:  need a flag to indicate clone records or <?> ?

  # Allow transactions, and raise an exception on errors so we can catch it later.
  # Use local to make sure these get "reset" properly on exiting this block
  local $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
  local $dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;

  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT group_id FROM groups WHERE group_name=?");
  my $group_id;

# quick check to start to see if we've already got one
  $sth->execute($groupname);
  ($group_id) = $sth->fetchrow_array;

  return ('FAIL', "Group already exists") if $group_id;

  # Wrap all the SQL in a transaction
  eval {
    $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO groups (parent_group_id,group_name) VALUES (?,?)");
    $sth->execute($pargroup,$groupname);

    $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT group_id FROM groups WHERE group_name=?");
    $sth->execute($groupname);
    my ($groupid) = $sth->fetchrow_array();

# Permissions
    if ($inherit) {
    } else {
      my @permvals;
      foreach (@permtypes) {
        if (!defined ($permissions->{$_})) {
          push @permvals, 0;
        } else {
          push @permvals, $permissions->{$_};
        }
      }

      $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO permissions (group_id,$permlist) values (?".',?'x($#permtypes+1).")");
      $sth->execute($groupid,@permvals);

      $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT permission_id FROM permissions WHERE group_id=?");
      $sth->execute($groupid);
      my ($permid) = $sth->fetchrow_array();

      $dbh->do("UPDATE groups SET permission_id=$permid WHERE group_id=$groupid");
    } # done permission fiddling

# Default records
    $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO default_records (group_id,host,type,val,distance,weight,port,ttl) ".
        "VALUES ($groupid,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");
    if ($inherit) {
      # Duplicate records from parent.  Actually relying on inherited records feels
      # very fragile, and it would be problematic to roll over at a later time.
      my $sth2 = $dbh->prepare("SELECT host,type,val,distance,weight,port,ttl FROM default_records WHERE group_id=?");
      $sth2->execute($pargroup);
      while (my @clonedata = $sth2->fetchrow_array) {
        $sth->execute(@clonedata);
      }
    } else {
##fixme: Hardcoding is Bad, mmmmkaaaay?
      # reasonable basic defaults for SOA, MX, NS, and minimal hosting
      # could load from a config file, but somewhere along the line we need hardcoded bits.
      $sth->execute('ns1.example.com:hostmaster.example.com', 6, '10800:3600:604800:10800', 0, 0, 0, 86400);
      $sth->execute('DOMAIN', 1, '192.168.4.2', 0, 0, 0, 7200);
      $sth->execute('DOMAIN', 15, 'mx.example.com', 10, 0, 0, 7200);
      $sth->execute('DOMAIN', 2, 'ns1.example.com', 0, 0, 0, 7200);
      $sth->execute('DOMAIN', 2, 'ns2.example.com', 0, 0, 0, 7200);
      $sth->execute('www.DOMAIN', 5, 'DOMAIN', 0, 0, 0, 7200);
    }

    # once we get here, we should have suceeded.
    $dbh->commit;
  }; # end eval

  if ($@) {
    my $msg = $@;
    eval { $dbh->rollback; };
    return ('FAIL',$msg);
  } else {
    return ('OK','OK');
  }

} # end addGroup()


## DNSDB::delGroup()
# Delete a group.
# Takes a group ID
# Returns a status code and message
sub delGroup {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $groupid = shift;

  # Allow transactions, and raise an exception on errors so we can catch it later.
  # Use local to make sure these get "reset" properly on exiting this block
  local $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
  local $dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;

##fixme:  locate "knowable" error conditions and deal with them before the eval
# ... or inside, whatever.
# -> domains still exist in group
# -> ...
  my $failmsg = '';

  # Wrap all the SQL in a transaction
  eval {
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT count(*) FROM domains WHERE group_id=?");
    $sth->execute($groupid);
    my ($domcnt) = $sth->fetchrow_array;
    $failmsg = "Can't remove group ".groupName($dbh,$groupid);
    die "$domcnt domains still in group\n" if $domcnt;

    $sth = $dbh->prepare("delete from default_records where group_id=?");
    $failmsg = "Failed to delete default records for ".groupName($dbh,$groupid);
    $sth->execute($groupid);
    $sth = $dbh->prepare("delete from groups where group_id=?");
    $failmsg = "Failed to remove group ".groupName($dbh,$groupid);
    $sth->execute($groupid);

    # once we get here, we should have suceeded.
    $dbh->commit;
  }; # end eval

  if ($@) {
    my $msg = $@;
    eval { $dbh->rollback; };
    return ('FAIL',"$failmsg: $msg");
  } else {
    return ('OK','OK');
  }
} # end delGroup()


## DNSDB::getChildren()
# Get a list of all groups whose parent^n is group <n>
# Takes a database handle, group ID, reference to an array to put the group IDs in,
# and an optional flag to return only immediate children or all children-of-children
# default to returning all children
# Calls itself
sub getChildren {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $rootgroup = shift;
  my $groupdest = shift;
  my $immed = shift || 'all';

  # special break for default group;  otherwise we get stuck.
  if ($rootgroup == 1) {
    # by definition, group 1 is the Root Of All Groups
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT group_id FROM groups WHERE NOT (group_id=1)".
        ($immed ne 'all' ? " AND parent_group_id=1" : ''));
    $sth->execute;
    while (my @this = $sth->fetchrow_array) {
      push @$groupdest, @this;
    }
  } else {
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT group_id FROM groups WHERE parent_group_id=?");
    $sth->execute($rootgroup);
    return if $sth->rows == 0;
    my @grouplist;
    while (my ($group) = $sth->fetchrow_array) {
      push @$groupdest, $group;
      getChildren($dbh,$group,$groupdest) if $immed eq 'all';
    }
  }
} # end getChildren()


## DNSDB::groupName()
# Return the group name based on a group ID
# Takes a database handle and the group ID
# Returns the group name or undef on failure
sub groupName {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $groupid = shift;
  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT group_name FROM groups WHERE group_id=?");
  $sth->execute($groupid);
  my ($groupname) = $sth->fetchrow_array();
  $errstr = $DBI::errstr if !$groupname;
  return $groupname if $groupname;
} # end groupName


## DNSDB::groupID()
# Return the group ID based on the group name
# Takes a database handle and the group name
# Returns the group ID or undef on failure
sub groupID {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $group = shift;
  my ($grpid) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT group_id FROM groups WHERE group=?", undef, ($group) );
  $errstr = $DBI::errstr if !$grpid;
  return $grpid if $grpid;
} # end groupID()


## DNSDB::addUser()
# Add a user.
# Takes a DB handle, username, group ID, password, state (active/inactive).
# Optionally accepts:
#   user type (user/admin)      - defaults to user
#   permissions string          - defaults to inherit from group
#      three valid forms:
#       i                    - Inherit permissions
#       c:<user_id>          - Clone permissions from <user_id>
#       C:<permission list>  - Set these specific permissions
#   first name                  - defaults to username
#   last name                   - defaults to blank
#   phone                       - defaults to blank (could put other data within column def)
# Returns (OK,<uid>) on success, (FAIL,<message>) on failure
sub addUser {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $username = shift;
  my $group = shift;
  my $pass = shift;
  my $state = shift;

  return ('FAIL', "Missing one or more required entries") if !defined($state);
  return ('FAIL', "Username must not be blank") if !$username;

  my $type = shift || 'u';      # create limited users by default - fwiw, not sure yet how this will interact with ACLs
  
  my $permstring = shift || 'i';        # default is to inhert permissions from group

  my $fname = shift || $username;
  my $lname = shift || '';
  my $phone = shift || '';      # not going format-check

  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT user_id FROM users WHERE username=?");
  my $user_id;

# quick check to start to see if we've already got one
  $sth->execute($username);
  ($user_id) = $sth->fetchrow_array;

  return ('FAIL', "User already exists") if $user_id;

  # Allow transactions, and raise an exception on errors so we can catch it later.
  # Use local to make sure these get "reset" properly on exiting this block
  local $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
  local $dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;

  my $failmsg = '';

  # Wrap all the SQL in a transaction
  eval {
    # insert the user...  note we set inherited perms by default since
    # it's simple and cleans up some other bits of state
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO users ".
        "(group_id,username,password,firstname,lastname,phone,type,status,permission_id,inherit_perm) ".
        "VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,(SELECT permission_id FROM permissions WHERE group_id=?),'t')");
    $sth->execute($group,$username,unix_md5_crypt($pass),$fname,$lname,$phone,$type,$state,$group);

    # get the ID...
    ($user_id) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT currval('users_user_id_seq')");

# Permissions!  Gotta set'em all!
    die "Invalid permission string $permstring"
        if $permstring !~ /^(?:
                i       # inherit
                |c:\d+  # clone
                        # custom.  no, the leading , is not a typo
                |C:(?:,(?:group|user|domain|record|self)_(?:edit|create|delete))*
                )$/x;
# bleh.  I'd call another function to do my dirty work, but we're in the middle of a transaction already.
    if ($permstring ne 'i') {
      # for cloned or custom permissions, we have to create a new permissions entry.
      my $clonesrc = $group;
      if ($permstring =~ /^c:(\d+)/) { $clonesrc = $1; }
      $dbh->do("INSERT INTO permissions ($permlist,user_id) ".
        "SELECT $permlist,? FROM permissions WHERE permission_id=".
        "(SELECT permission_id FROM permissions WHERE ".($permstring =~ /^c:/ ? 'user' : 'group')."_id=?)",
        undef, ($user_id,$clonesrc) );
      $dbh->do("UPDATE users SET permission_id=".
        "(SELECT permission_id FROM permissions WHERE user_id=?) ".
        "WHERE user_id=?", undef, ($user_id, $user_id) );
    }
    if ($permstring =~ /^C:/) {
      # finally for custom permissions, we set the passed-in permissions (and unset
      # any that might have been brought in by the clone operation above)
      my ($permid) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT permission_id FROM permissions WHERE user_id=?",
        undef, ($user_id) );
      foreach (@permtypes) {
        if ($permstring =~ /,$_/) {
          $dbh->do("UPDATE permissions SET $_='t' WHERE permission_id=?", undef, ($permid) );
        } else {
          $dbh->do("UPDATE permissions SET $_='f' WHERE permission_id=?", undef, ($permid) );
        }
      }
    }

    $dbh->do("UPDATE users SET inherit_perm='n' WHERE user_id=?", undef, ($user_id) );

##fixme: add another table to hold name/email for log table?

    # once we get here, we should have suceeded.
    $dbh->commit;
  }; # end eval

  if ($@) {
    my $msg = $@;
    eval { $dbh->rollback; };
    return ('FAIL',$msg." $failmsg");
  } else {
    return ('OK',$user_id);
  }
} # end addUser


## DNSDB::checkUser()
# Check user/pass combo on login
sub checkUser {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $user = shift;
  my $inpass = shift;

  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT user_id,group_id,password,firstname,lastname FROM users WHERE username=?");
  $sth->execute($user);
  my ($uid,$gid,$pass,$fname,$lname) = $sth->fetchrow_array;
  my $loginfailed = 1 if !defined($uid);

  if ($pass =~ m|^\$1\$([A-Za-z0-9/.]+)\$|) {
    $loginfailed = 1 if $pass ne unix_md5_crypt($inpass,$1);
  } else {
    $loginfailed = 1 if $pass ne $inpass;
  }

  # nnnngggg
  return ($uid, $gid);
} # end checkUser


## DNSDB:: updateUser()
# Update general data about user
sub updateUser {
  my $dbh = shift;

##fixme:  tweak calling convention so that we can update any given bit of data
  my $uid = shift;
  my $username = shift;
  my $group = shift;
  my $pass = shift;
  my $state = shift;
  my $type = shift || 'u';
  my $fname = shift || $username;
  my $lname = shift || '';
  my $phone = shift || '';      # not going format-check

  my $failmsg = '';

  # Allow transactions, and raise an exception on errors so we can catch it later.
  # Use local to make sure these get "reset" properly on exiting this block
  local $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
  local $dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;

  my $sth;

  # Password can be left blank;  if so we assume there's one on file.
  # Actual blank passwords are bad, mm'kay?
  if (!$pass) {
    $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT password FROM users WHERE user_id=?");
    $sth->execute($uid);
    ($pass) = $sth->fetchrow_array;
  } else {
    $pass = unix_md5_crypt($pass);
  }

  eval {
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare(q(
        UPDATE users
        SET username=?, password=?, firstname=?, lastname=?, phone=?, type=?, status=?
        WHERE user_id=?
        )
      );
    $sth->execute($username, $pass, $fname, $lname, $phone, $type, $state, $uid);
    $dbh->commit;
  };
  if ($@) {
    my $msg = $@;
    eval { $dbh->rollback; };
    return ('FAIL',"$failmsg: $msg");
  } else {
    return ('OK','OK');
  }
} # end updateUser()


## DNSDB::delUser()
#
sub delUser {
  my $dbh = shift;
  return ('FAIL',"Need database handle") if !$dbh;
  my $userid = shift;
  return ('FAIL',"Missing userid") if !defined($userid);

  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("delete from users where user_id=?");
  $sth->execute($userid);

  return ('FAIL',"Couldn't remove user: ".$sth->errstr) if $sth->err;

  return ('OK','OK');

} # end delUser


## DNSDB::userFullName()
# Return a pretty string!
# Takes a user_id and optional printf-ish string to indicate which pieces where:
# %u for the username
# %f for the first name
# %l for the last name
# All other text in the passed string will be left as-is.
##fixme:  need a "smart" option too, so that missing/null/blank first/last names don't give funky output
sub userFullName {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $userid = shift;
  my $fullformat = shift || '%f %l (%u)';
  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("select username,firstname,lastname from users where user_id=?");
  $sth->execute($userid);
  my ($uname,$fname,$lname) = $sth->fetchrow_array();
  $errstr = $DBI::errstr if !$uname;

  $fullformat =~ s/\%u/$uname/g;
  $fullformat =~ s/\%f/$fname/g;
  $fullformat =~ s/\%l/$lname/g;

  return $fullformat;
} # end userFullName


## DNSDB::userStatus()
# Sets and/or returns a user's status
# Takes a database handle, user ID and optionally a status argument
# Returns undef on errors.
sub userStatus {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $id = shift;
  my $newstatus = shift;

  return undef if $id !~ /^\d+$/;

  my $sth;

# ooo, fun!  let's see what we were passed for status
  if ($newstatus) {
    $sth = $dbh->prepare("update users set status=? where user_id=?");
    # ass-u-me caller knows what's going on in full
    if ($newstatus =~ /^[01]$/) {       # only two valid for now.
      $sth->execute($newstatus,$id);
    } elsif ($newstatus =~ /^usero(?:n|ff)$/) {
      $sth->execute(($newstatus eq 'useron' ? 1 : 0),$id);
    }
  }

  $sth = $dbh->prepare("select status from users where user_id=?");
  $sth->execute($id);
  my ($status) = $sth->fetchrow_array;
  return $status;
} # end userStatus()


## DNSDB::getUserData()
# Get misc user data for display
sub getUserData {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $uid = shift;

  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT group_id,username,firstname,lastname,phone,type,status,inherit_perm ".
        "FROM users WHERE user_id=?");
  $sth->execute($uid);
  return $sth->fetchrow_hashref();

} # end getUserData()


## DNSDB::getSOA()
# Return all suitable fields from an SOA record in separate elements of a hash
# Takes a database handle, default/live flag, domain/reverse flag, and parent ID
sub getSOA {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $def = shift;
  my $rev = shift;
  my $id = shift;
  my %ret;

  # (ab)use distance and weight columns to store SOA data?  can't for default_rev_records...
  # - should really attach serial to the zone parent somewhere

  my $sql = "SELECT record_id,host,val,ttl from "._rectable($def,$rev).
        " WHERE "._recparent($def,$rev)." = ? AND type=$reverse_typemap{SOA}";

  my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
  $sth->execute($id);

  my ($recid,$host,$val,$ttl) = $sth->fetchrow_array() or return;
  my ($contact,$prins) = split /:/, $host;
  my ($refresh,$retry,$expire,$minttl) = split /:/, $val;

  $ret{recid}   = $recid;
  $ret{ttl}     = $ttl;
#  $ret{serial} = $serial;      # ca't use distance for serial with default_rev_records
  $ret{prins}   = $prins;
  $ret{contact} = $contact;
  $ret{refresh} = $refresh;
  $ret{retry}   = $retry;
  $ret{expire}  = $expire;
  $ret{minttl}  = $minttl;

  return %ret;
} # end getSOA()


## DNSDB::getRecLine()
# Return all data fields for a zone record in separate elements of a hash
# Takes a database handle, default/live flag, and record ID
sub getRecLine {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $def = shift;
  my $id = shift;

  my $sql = "SELECT record_id,host,type,val,distance,weight,port,ttl".
        (($def eq 'def' or $def eq 'y') ? ',group_id FROM default_' : ',domain_id FROM ').
        "records WHERE record_id=?";
  my $ret = $dbh->selectrow_hashref($sql, undef, ($id) );

  if ($dbh->err) {
    $errstr = $DBI::errstr;
    return undef;
  }

  if (!$ret) {
    $errstr = "No such record";
    return undef;
  }

  $ret->{parid} = (($def eq 'def' or $def eq 'y') ? $ret->{group_id} : $ret->{domain_id});

  return $ret;
}


##fixme: should use above (getRecLine()) to get lines for below?
## DNSDB::getDomRecs()
# Return records for a domain
# Takes a database handle, default/live flag, group/domain ID, start,
# number of records, sort field, and sort order
# Returns a reference to an array of hashes
sub getDomRecs {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $def = shift;
  my $rev = shift;
  my $id = shift;
  my $nrecs = shift || 'all';
  my $nstart = shift || 0;

## for order, need to map input to column names
  my $order = shift || 'host';
  my $direction = shift || 'ASC';

  my $filter = shift || '';

  my $sql = "SELECT r.record_id,r.host,r.type,r.val,r.ttl";
  $sql .= ",r.distance,r.weight,r.port" if $rev eq 'n';
  $sql .= " FROM "._rectable($def,$rev)." r ";
  $sql .= "INNER JOIN rectypes t ON r.type=t.val ";     # for sorting by type alphabetically
  $sql .= "WHERE "._recparent($def,$rev)." = ?";
  $sql .= " AND NOT r.type=$reverse_typemap{SOA}";
  $sql .= " AND host ~* ?" if $filter;
  # use alphaorder column for "correct" ordering of sort-by-type instead of DNS RR type number
  $sql .= " ORDER BY ".($order eq 'type' ? 't.alphaorder' : "r.$order")." $direction";

  my @bindvars = ($id);
  push @bindvars, $filter if $filter;

  # just to be ultraparanoid about SQL injection vectors
  if ($nstart ne 'all') {
    $sql .= " LIMIT ? OFFSET ?";
    push @bindvars, $nrecs;
    push @bindvars, ($nstart*$nrecs);
  }
  my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql) or warn $dbh->errstr;
  $sth->execute(@bindvars) or warn "$sql: ".$sth->errstr;

  my @retbase;
  while (my $ref = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) {
    push @retbase, $ref;
  }

  my $ret = \@retbase;
  return $ret;
} # end getDomRecs()


## DNSDB::getRecCount()
# Return count of non-SOA records in zone (or default records in a group)
# Takes a database handle, default/live flag, reverse/forward flag, group/domain ID,
# and optional filtering modifier
# Returns the count
sub getRecCount {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $defrec = shift;
  my $revrec = shift;
  my $id = shift;
  my $filter = shift || '';

  # keep the nasties down, since we can't ?-sub this bit.  :/
  # note this is chars allowed in DNS hostnames
  $filter =~ s/[^a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]//g;

  my @bindvars = ($id);
  push @bindvars, $filter if $filter;
  my $sql = "SELECT count(*) FROM ".
        _rectable($defrec,$revrec).
        " WHERE "._recparent($defrec,$revrec)."=? ".
        "AND NOT type=$reverse_typemap{SOA}".
        ($filter ? " AND host ~* ?" : '');
  my ($count) = $dbh->selectrow_array($sql, undef, (@bindvars) );

  return $count;

} # end getRecCount()


## DNSDB::addRec()
# Add a new record to a domain or a group's default records
# Takes a database handle, default/live flag, group/domain ID,
# host, type, value, and TTL
# Some types require additional detail: "distance" for MX and SRV,
# and weight/port for SRV
# Returns a status code and detail message in case of error
sub addRec {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $defrec = shift;
  my $revrec = shift;
  my $id = shift;       # parent (group_id for defrecs, rdns_id for reverse records,
                        # domain_id for domain records)

  my $host = shift;
  my $rectype = shift;
  my $val = shift;
  my $ttl = shift;

  # prep for validation
  my $addr = NetAddr::IP->new($val);
  $host =~ s/\.+$//;    # FQDNs ending in . are an internal detail, and really shouldn't be exposed in the UI.

  my $domid = 0;
  my $revid = 0;

  my $retcode = 'OK';   # assume everything will go OK
  my $retmsg = '';

  # do simple validation first
  return ('FAIL', "TTL must be numeric") unless $ttl =~ /^\d+$/;


## possible contents for record types
# (A/AAAA+)PTR: IP + (FQDN or bare hostname to have ADMINDOMAIN appended?)
# (A/AAAA+)PTR template: IP or netblock + (fully-qualified hostname pattern or bare hostname pattern to have
# ADMINDOMAIN appended?)
# A/AAAA: append parent domain if not included, validate IP
# NS,MX,CNAME,SRV,TXT: append parent domain if not included

# ickypoo.  can't see a handy way to really avoid hardcoding these here...  otoh, these aren't
# really mutable, it's just handy to have them in a DB table for reordering
# 65280 | A+PTR
# 65281 | AAAA+PTR
# 65282 | PTR template
# 65283 | A+PTR template
# 65284 | AAAA+PTR template

  # can only validate parenthood on IPs in live zones;  group default records are likely to contain "ZONE"
  if ($revrec eq 'y' && $defrec eq 'n') {
    if ($rectype == $reverse_typemap{PTR} || $rectype == 65280 || $rectype == 65281) {
      return ('FAIL', "IP or IP fragment $val is not within ".revName($dbh, $id))
        unless _ipparent($dbh, $defrec, $revrec, $val, $id, \$addr);
      $revid = $id;
    }
    if ($rectype == 65280 || $rectype == 65281) {
        # check host to see if it's managed here.  coerce down to PTR if not.
        # Split $host and work our way up the hierarchy until we run out of parts to add, or we find a match
        # Note we do not do '$checkdom = shift @hostbits' right away, since we want to be able to support
        # private TLDs.
      my @hostbits = reverse(split(/\./, $host));
      my $checkdom = '';
      my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT count(*),domain_id FROM domains WHERE domain = ? GROUP BY domain_id");
      foreach (@hostbits) {
        $checkdom = "$_.$checkdom";
        $checkdom =~ s/\.$//;
        $sth->execute($checkdom);
        my ($found, $parid) = $sth->fetchrow_array;
        if ($found) {
          $domid = $parid;
          last;
        }
      }
      if (!$domid) {
        # no domain found;  set the return code and message, then coerce type down to PTR
        $retcode = 'WARN';
        $retmsg = "Record added as PTR instead of $typemap{$rectype};  domain not found for $host";
        $rectype = $reverse_typemap{PTR};
      }
    }
    # types 65282, 65283, 65284 left
  } elsif ($revrec eq 'n' && $defrec eq 'n') {
    # Forward zone.  Validate IPs where we know they *MUST* be correct,
    # check to see if we manage the reverse zone on A(AAA)+PTR,
    # append the domain on hostnames without it.
    if ($rectype == $reverse_typemap{A} || $rectype == 65280) {
      return ('FAIL',$typemap{$rectype}." record must be a valid IPv4 address")
        unless $addr && !$addr->{isv6};
      $val = $addr->addr;
    }
    if ($rectype == $reverse_typemap{AAAA} || $rectype == 65281) {
      return ('FAIL',$typemap{$rectype}." record must be a valid IPv6 address")
        unless $addr && $addr->{isv6};
      $val = $addr->addr;
    }
    if ($rectype == 65280 || $rectype == 65281) {
      # The ORDER BY here makes sure we pick the *smallest* revzone parent.  Just In Case.
      ($revid) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT rdns_id FROM revzones WHERE revnet >> ?".
        " ORDER BY masklen(revnet) DESC", undef, ($val));
      if (!$revid) {
        $retcode = 'WARN';
        $retmsg = "Record added as ".($rectype == 65280 ? 'A' : 'AAAA')." instead of $typemap{$rectype}; ".
                "reverse zone not found for $val";
        $rectype = $reverse_typemap{A} if $rectype == 65280;
        $rectype = $reverse_typemap{AAAA} if $rectype == 65281;
        $revid = 0;     # Just In Case
      }
    }
    my $parstr = domainName($dbh,$id);
    $host .= ".$parstr" if $host !~ /$parstr$/;
  }

# Validate IPs in MX, NS, SRV records?
# hmm..  this might work.  except possibly for something pointing to "deadbeef.ca".  <g>
#  if ($type == $reverse_typemap{NS} || $type == $reverse_typemap{MX} || $type == $reverse_typemap{SRV}) {
#    if ($val =~ /^\s*[\da-f:.]+\s*$/) {
#      return ('FAIL',"$val is not a valid IP address") if !$addr;
#    }
#  }

# basic fields:  immediate parent ID, host, type, val, ttl
  my $fields = _recparent($defrec,$revrec).",host,type,val,ttl";
  my $vallen = "?,?,?,?,?";
  my @vallist = ($id,$host,$rectype,$val,$ttl);

  if ($defrec eq 'n' && ($rectype == 65280 || $rectype == 65281)) {
    $fields .= ",".($revrec eq 'n' ? 'rdns_id' : 'domain_id');
    $vallen .= ",?";
    push @vallist, ($revrec eq 'n' ? $revid : $domid);
  }

# MX and SRV specials
  my $dist;
  if ($rectype == $reverse_typemap{MX} or $rectype == $reverse_typemap{SRV}) {
    $dist = shift;
    return ('FAIL',"Distance is required for $typemap{$rectype} records") unless defined($dist);
    $dist =~ s/\s*//g;
    return ('FAIL',"Distance is required, and must be numeric") unless $dist =~ /^\d+$/;
    $fields .= ",distance";
    $vallen .= ",?";
    push @vallist, $dist;
  }
  my $weight;
  my $port;
  if ($rectype == $reverse_typemap{SRV}) {
    # check for _service._protocol.  NB:  RFC2782 does not say "MUST"...  nor "SHOULD"...
    # it just says (paraphrased) "... is prepended with _ to prevent DNS collisions"
    return ('FAIL',"SRV records must begin with _service._protocol [$host]")
        unless $host =~ /^_[A-Za-z]+\._[A-Za-z]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+/;
    $weight = shift;
    $port = shift;
    return ('FAIL',"Port and weight are required for SRV records") unless defined($weight) && defined($port);
    $weight =~ s/\s*//g;
    $port =~ s/\s*//g;
    return ('FAIL',"Port and weight are required, and must be numeric")
        unless $weight =~ /^\d+$/ && $port =~ /^\d+$/;
    $fields .= ",weight,port";
    $vallen .= ",?,?";
    push @vallist, ($weight,$port);
  }

  # Allow transactions, and raise an exception on errors so we can catch it later.
  # Use local to make sure these get "reset" properly on exiting this block
  local $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
  local $dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;

  eval {
    $dbh->do("INSERT INTO ".($defrec eq 'y' ? 'default_' : '')."records ($fields) VALUES ($vallen)",
        undef, @vallist);
    $dbh->commit;
  };
  if ($@) {
    my $msg = $@;
    eval { $dbh->rollback; };
    return ('FAIL',$msg);
  }

  return ($retcode, $retmsg);

} # end addRec()


## DNSDB::updateRec()
# Update a record
sub updateRec {
  $errstr = '';

  my $dbh = shift;
  my $defrec = shift;
  my $id = shift;

# all records have these
  my $host = shift;
  my $type = shift;
  my $val = shift;
  my $ttl = shift;

  return('FAIL',"Missing standard argument(s)") if !defined($ttl);

# only MX and SRV will use these
  my $dist = 0;
  my $weight = 0;
  my $port = 0;

  if ($type == $reverse_typemap{MX} || $type == $reverse_typemap{SRV}) {
    $dist = shift;
    $dist =~ s/\s+//g;
    return ('FAIL',"MX or SRV requires distance") if !defined($dist);
    return ('FAIL', "Distance must be numeric") unless $dist =~ /^\d+$/;
    if ($type == $reverse_typemap{SRV}) {
      $weight = shift;
      $weight =~ s/\s+//g;
      return ('FAIL',"SRV requires weight") if !defined($weight);
      return ('FAIL',"Weight must be numeric") unless $weight =~ /^\d+$/;
      $port = shift;
      $port =~ s/\s+//g;
      return ('FAIL',"SRV requires port") if !defined($port);
      return ('FAIL',"Port must be numeric") unless $port =~ /^\d+$/;
    }
  }

# Enforce IP addresses on A and AAAA types
  my $addr = NetAddr::IP->new($val);
  if ($type == $reverse_typemap{A}) {
    return ('FAIL',$typemap{$type}." record must be a valid IPv4 address")
        unless $addr && !$addr->{isv6};
  }
  if ($type == $reverse_typemap{AAAA}) {
    return ('FAIL',$typemap{$type}." record must be a valid IPv6 address")
        unless $addr && $addr->{isv6};
  }

# hmm..  this might work.  except possibly for something pointing to "deadbeef.ca".  <g>
#  if ($type == $reverse_typemap{NS} || $type == $reverse_typemap{MX} || $type == $reverse_typemap{SRV}) {
#    if ($val =~ /^\s*[\da-f:.]+\s*$/) {
#      return ('FAIL',"$val is not a valid IP address") if !$addr;
#    }
#  }

  local $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
  local $dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;

  eval {
    $dbh->do("UPDATE ".($defrec eq 'y' ? 'default_' : '')."records ".
        "SET host=?,val=?,type=?,ttl=?,distance=?,weight=?,port=? ".
        "WHERE record_id=?", undef, ($host, $val, $type, $ttl, $dist, $weight, $port, $id) );
    $dbh->commit;
  };
  if ($@) {
    my $msg = $@;
    $dbh->rollback;
    return ('FAIL', $msg);
  }

  return ('OK','OK');
} # end updateRec()


## DNSDB::delRec()
# Delete a record.  
sub delRec {
  $errstr = '';
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $defrec = shift;
  my $id = shift;

  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("DELETE FROM ".($defrec eq 'y' ? 'default_' : '')."records WHERE record_id=?");
  $sth->execute($id);

  return ('FAIL',"Couldn't remove record: ".$sth->errstr) if $sth->err;

  return ('OK','OK');
} # end delRec()


  # Reference hashes.
  my %par_tbl = (
                group   => 'groups',
                user    => 'users',
                defrec  => 'default_records',
                domain  => 'domains',
                record  => 'records'
        );
  my %id_col = (
                group   => 'group_id',
                user    => 'user_id',
                defrec  => 'record_id',
                domain  => 'domain_id',
                record  => 'record_id'
        );
  my %par_col = (
                group   => 'parent_group_id',
                user    => 'group_id',
                defrec  => 'group_id',
                domain  => 'group_id',
                record  => 'domain_id'
        );
  my %par_type = (
                group   => 'group',
                user    => 'group',
                defrec  => 'group',
                domain  => 'group',
                record  => 'domain'
        );


## DNSDB::getTypelist()
# Get a list of record types for various UI dropdowns
# Takes database handle, forward/reverse/lookup flag, and optional "tag as selected" indicator (defaults to A)
# Returns an arrayref to list of hashrefs perfect for HTML::Template
sub getTypelist {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $recgroup = shift;
  my $type = shift || $reverse_typemap{A};

  # also accepting $webvar{revrec}!
  $recgroup = 'f' if $recgroup eq 'n';
  $recgroup = 'r' if $recgroup eq 'y';

  my $sql = "SELECT val,name FROM rectypes WHERE ";
  if ($recgroup eq 'r') {
    # reverse zone types
    $sql .= "stdflag=2 OR stdflag=3";
  } elsif ($recgroup eq 'l') {
    # DNS lookup types.  Note we avoid our custom types >= 65280, since those are entirely internal.
    $sql .= "(stdflag=1 OR stdflag=2 OR stdflag=3) AND val < 65280";
  } else {
    # default;  forward zone types.  technically $type eq 'f' but not worth the error message.
    $sql .= "stdflag=1 OR stdflag=2";
  }
  $sql .= " ORDER BY listorder";

  my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
  $sth->execute;
  my @typelist;
  while (my ($rval,$rname) = $sth->fetchrow_array()) {
    my %row = ( recval => $rval, recname => $rname );
    $row{tselect} = 1 if $rval == $type;
    push @typelist, \%row;
  }

  # Add SOA on lookups since it's not listed in other dropdowns.
  if ($recgroup eq 'l') {
    my %row = ( recval => $reverse_typemap{SOA}, recname => 'SOA' );
    $row{tselect} = 1 if $reverse_typemap{SOA} == $type;
    push @typelist, \%row;
  }

  return \@typelist;
} # end getTypelist()


## DNSDB::getParents()
# Find out which entities are parent to the requested id
# Returns arrayref containing hash pairs of id/type
sub getParents {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $id = shift;
  my $type = shift;
  my $depth = shift || 'all';   # valid values:  'all', 'immed', <int> (stop at this group ID)

  my @parlist;

  while (1) {
    my $result = $dbh->selectrow_hashref("SELECT $par_col{$type} FROM $par_tbl{$type} WHERE $id_col{$type} = ?",
        undef, ($id) );
    my %tmp = ($result->{$par_col{$type}} => $par_type{$type});
    unshift @parlist, \%tmp;
    last if $result->{$par_col{$type}} == 1;    # group 1 is its own parent
    $id = $result->{$par_col{$type}};
    $type = $par_type{$type};
  }

  return \@parlist;

} # end getParents()


## DNSDB::isParent()
# Returns true if $id1 is a parent of $id2, false otherwise
sub isParent {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $id1 = shift;
  my $type1 = shift; 
  my $id2 = shift;
  my $type2 = shift;
##todo:  immediate, secondary, full (default)

  # Return false on invalid types
  return 0 if !grep /^$type1$/, ('record','defrec','user','domain','group');
  return 0 if !grep /^$type2$/, ('record','defrec','user','domain','group');

  # Return false on impossible relations
  return 0 if $type1 eq 'record';       # nothing may be a child of a record
  return 0 if $type1 eq 'defrec';       # nothing may be a child of a record
  return 0 if $type1 eq 'user';         # nothing may be child of a user
  return 0 if $type1 eq 'domain' && $type2 ne 'record'; # domain may not be a parent of anything other than a record

  # ennnhhhh....  if we're passed an id of 0, it will never be found.  usual
  # case would be the UI creating a new <thing>, and so we don't have an ID for
  # <thing> to look up yet.  in that case the UI should check the parent as well.
  # argument for returning 1 is
  return 0 if $id1 == 0;        # nothing can have a parent id of 0
  return 1 if $id2 == 0;        # anything could have a child id of 0 (or "unknown")

  # group 1 is the ultimate root parent
  return 1 if $type1 eq 'group' && $id1 == 1;

  # groups are always (a) parent of themselves
  return 1 if $type1 eq 'group' && $type2 eq 'group' && $id1 == $id2;

# almost the same loop as getParents() above
  my $id = $id2;
  my $type = $type2;
  my $foundparent = 0;

  my $limiter = 0;
  while (1) {
    my $sql = "SELECT $par_col{$type} FROM $par_tbl{$type} WHERE $id_col{$type} = ?";
    my $result = $dbh->selectrow_hashref($sql,
        undef, ($id) );
    if (!$result) {
      $limiter++;
##fixme:  how often will this happen on a live site?
      warn "no results looking for $sql with id $id (depth $limiter)\n";
      last;
    }
    if ($result && $result->{$par_col{$type}} == $id1) {
      $foundparent = 1;
      last;
    } else {
##fixme: do we care about trying to return a "no such record/domain/user/group" error?
      warn $dbh->errstr." $sql, $id" if $dbh->errstr;
    }
    # group 1 is its own parent.  need this here more to break strange loops than for detecting a parent
    last if $result->{$par_col{$type}} == 1;
    $id = $result->{$par_col{$type}};
    $type = $par_type{$type};
  }

  return $foundparent;
} # end isParent()


## DNSDB::domStatus()
# Sets and/or returns a domain's status
# Takes a database handle, domain ID and optionally a status argument
# Returns undef on errors.
sub domStatus {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $id = shift;
  my $newstatus = shift;

  return undef if $id !~ /^\d+$/;

  my $sth;

# ooo, fun!  let's see what we were passed for status
  if ($newstatus) {
    $sth = $dbh->prepare("update domains set status=? where domain_id=?");
    # ass-u-me caller knows what's going on in full
    if ($newstatus =~ /^[01]$/) {       # only two valid for now.
      $sth->execute($newstatus,$id);
    } elsif ($newstatus =~ /^domo(?:n|ff)$/) {
      $sth->execute(($newstatus eq 'domon' ? 1 : 0),$id);
    }
  }

  $sth = $dbh->prepare("select status from domains where domain_id=?");
  $sth->execute($id);
  my ($status) = $sth->fetchrow_array;
  return $status;
} # end domStatus()


## DNSDB::importAXFR
# Import a domain via AXFR
# Takes AXFR host, domain to transfer, group to put the domain in,
# and optionally:
#  - active/inactive state flag (defaults to active)
#  - overwrite-SOA flag (defaults to off)
#  - overwrite-NS flag (defaults to off, doesn't affect subdomain NS records)
# Returns a status code (OK, WARN, or FAIL) and message - message should be blank
# if status is OK, but WARN includes conditions that are not fatal but should
# really be reported.
sub importAXFR {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $ifrom_in = shift;
  my $domain = shift;
  my $group = shift;
  my $status = shift || 1;
  my $rwsoa = shift || 0;
  my $rwns = shift || 0;

##fixme:  add mode to delete&replace, merge+overwrite, merge new?

  my $nrecs = 0;
  my $soaflag = 0;
  my $nsflag = 0;
  my $warnmsg = '';
  my $ifrom;

  # choke on possible bad setting in ifrom
  # IPv4 and v6, and valid hostnames!
  ($ifrom) = ($ifrom_in =~ /^([0-9a-f\:.]+|[0-9a-z_.-]+)$/i);
  return ('FAIL', "Bad AXFR source host $ifrom")
        unless ($ifrom) = ($ifrom_in =~ /^([0-9a-f\:.]+|[0-9a-z_.-]+)$/i);

  # Allow transactions, and raise an exception on errors so we can catch it later.
  # Use local to make sure these get "reset" properly on exiting this block
  local $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
  local $dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;

  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT domain_id FROM domains WHERE domain=?");
  my $dom_id;

# quick check to start to see if we've already got one
  $sth->execute($domain);
  ($dom_id) = $sth->fetchrow_array;

  return ('FAIL', "Domain already exists") if $dom_id;

  eval {
    # can't do this, can't nest transactions.  sigh.
    #my ($dcode, $dmsg) = addDomain(dbh, domain, group, status);

##fixme:  serial
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO domains (domain,group_id,status) VALUES (?,?,?)");
    $sth->execute($domain,$group,$status);

## bizarre DBI<->Net::DNS interaction bug:
## sometimes a zone will cause an immediate commit-and-exit (sort of) of the while()
## fixed, apparently I was doing *something* odd, but not certain what it was that
## caused a commit instead of barfing

    # get domain id so we can do the records
    $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT domain_id FROM domains WHERE domain=?");
    $sth->execute($domain);
    ($dom_id) = $sth->fetchrow_array();

    my $res = Net::DNS::Resolver->new;
    $res->nameservers($ifrom);
    $res->axfr_start($domain)
        or die "Couldn't begin AXFR\n";

    while (my $rr = $res->axfr_next()) {
      my $type = $rr->type;

      my $sql = "INSERT INTO records (domain_id,host,type,ttl,val";
      my $vallen = "?,?,?,?,?";

      $soaflag = 1 if $type eq 'SOA';
      $nsflag = 1 if $type eq 'NS';

      my @vallist = ($dom_id, $rr->name, $reverse_typemap{$type}, $rr->ttl);

# "Primary" types:
# A, NS, CNAME, SOA, PTR(warn in forward), MX, TXT, AAAA, SRV, A6(ob), SPF
# maybe KEY

# nasty big ugly case-like thing here, since we have to do *some* different
# processing depending on the record.  le sigh.

##fixme:  what record types other than TXT can/will have >255-byte payloads?

      if ($type eq 'A') {
        push @vallist, $rr->address;
      } elsif ($type eq 'NS') {
# hmm.  should we warn here if subdomain NS'es are left alone?
        next if ($rwns && ($rr->name eq $domain));
        push @vallist, $rr->nsdname;
        $nsflag = 1;
      } elsif ($type eq 'CNAME') {
        push @vallist, $rr->cname;
      } elsif ($type eq 'SOA') {
        next if $rwsoa;
        $vallist[1] = $rr->mname.":".$rr->rname;
        push @vallist, ($rr->refresh.":".$rr->retry.":".$rr->expire.":".$rr->minimum);
        $soaflag = 1;
      } elsif ($type eq 'PTR') {
        push @vallist, $rr->ptrdname;
        # hmm.  PTR records should not be in forward zones.
      } elsif ($type eq 'MX') {
        $sql .= ",distance";
        $vallen .= ",?";
        push @vallist, $rr->exchange;
        push @vallist, $rr->preference;
      } elsif ($type eq 'TXT') {
##fixme:  Net::DNS docs say this should be deprecated for rdatastr() or char_str_list(),
## but don't really seem enthusiastic about it.
        my $rrdata = $rr->txtdata;
        push @vallist, $rrdata;
      } elsif ($type eq 'SPF') {
##fixme: and the same caveat here, since it is apparently a clone of ::TXT
        my $rrdata = $rr->txtdata;
        push @vallist, $rrdata;
      } elsif ($type eq 'AAAA') {
        push @vallist, $rr->address;
      } elsif ($type eq 'SRV') {
        $sql .= ",distance,weight,port" if $type eq 'SRV';
        $vallen .= ",?,?,?" if $type eq 'SRV';
        push @vallist, $rr->target;
        push @vallist, $rr->priority;
        push @vallist, $rr->weight;
        push @vallist, $rr->port;
      } elsif ($type eq 'KEY') {
        # we don't actually know what to do with these...
        push @vallist, ($rr->flags.":".$rr->protocol.":".$rr->algorithm.":".$rr->key.":".$rr->keytag.":".$rr->privatekeyname);
      } else {
        my $rrdata = $rr->rdatastr;
        push @vallist, $rrdata;
        # Finding a different record type is not fatal.... just problematic.
        # We may not be able to export it correctly.
        $warnmsg .= "Unusual record ".$rr->name." ($type) found\n";
      }

# BIND supports:
# A CNAME HINFO MB(ex) MD(ob) MF(ob) MG(ex) MINFO(ex) MR(ex) MX NS NULL
# PTR SOA TXT WKS AFSDB(ex) ISDN(ex) RP(ex) RT(ex) X25(ex) PX
# ... if one can ever find the right magic to format them correctly

# Net::DNS supports:
# RRSIG SIG NSAP NS NIMLOC NAPTR MX MR MINFO MG MB LOC ISDN IPSECKEY HINFO
# EID DNAME CNAME CERT APL AFSDB AAAA A DS NXT NSEC3PARAM NSEC3 NSEC KEY
# DNSKEY DLV X25 TXT TSIG TKEY SSHFP SRV SPF SOA RT RP PX PTR NULL APL::AplItem

      $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql.") VALUES (".$vallen.")") or die "problem preparing record insert SQL\n";
      $sth->execute(@vallist) or die "failed to insert ".$rr->string.": ".$sth->errstr."\n";

      $nrecs++;

    } # while axfr_next

    # Overwrite SOA record
    if ($rwsoa) {
      $soaflag = 1;
      my $sthgetsoa = $dbh->prepare("SELECT host,val,ttl FROM default_records WHERE group_id=? AND type=?");
      my $sthputsoa = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO records (domain_id,host,type,val,ttl) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)");
      $sthgetsoa->execute($group,$reverse_typemap{SOA});
      while (my ($host,$val,$ttl) = $sthgetsoa->fetchrow_array()) {
        $host =~ s/DOMAIN/$domain/g;
        $val =~ s/DOMAIN/$domain/g;
        $sthputsoa->execute($dom_id,$host,$reverse_typemap{SOA},$val,$ttl);
      }
    }

    # Overwrite NS records
    if ($rwns) {
      $nsflag = 1;
      my $sthgetns = $dbh->prepare("SELECT host,val,ttl FROM default_records WHERE group_id=? AND type=?");
      my $sthputns = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO records (domain_id,host,type,val,ttl) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)");
      $sthgetns->execute($group,$reverse_typemap{NS});
      while (my ($host,$val,$ttl) = $sthgetns->fetchrow_array()) {
        $host =~ s/DOMAIN/$domain/g;
        $val =~ s/DOMAIN/$domain/g;
        $sthputns->execute($dom_id,$host,$reverse_typemap{NS},$val,$ttl);
      }
    }

    die "No records found;  either $ifrom is not authoritative or doesn't allow transfers\n" if !$nrecs;
    die "Bad zone:  No SOA record!\n" if !$soaflag;
    die "Bad zone:  No NS records!\n" if !$nsflag;

    $dbh->commit;

  };

  if ($@) {
    my $msg = $@;
    eval { $dbh->rollback; };
    return ('FAIL',$msg." $warnmsg");
  } else {
    return ('WARN', $warnmsg) if $warnmsg;
    return ('OK',"Imported OK");
  }

  # it should be impossible to get here.
  return ('WARN',"OOOK!");
} # end importAXFR()


## DNSDB::export()
# Export the DNS database, or a part of it
# Takes database handle, export type, optional arguments depending on type
# Writes zone data to targets as appropriate for type
sub export {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $target = shift;

  if ($target eq 'tiny') {
    __export_tiny($dbh,@_);
  }
# elsif ($target eq 'foo') {
#   __export_foo($dbh,@_);
#}
# etc

} # end export()


## DNSDB::__export_tiny
# Internal sub to implement tinyDNS (compatible) export
# Takes database handle, filehandle to write export to, optional argument(s)
# to determine which data gets exported
sub __export_tiny {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my $datafile = shift;

##fixme: slurp up further options to specify particular zone(s) to export

  ## Convert a bare number into an octal-coded pair of octets.
  # Take optional arg to indicate a decimal or hex input.  Defaults to hex.
  sub octalize {
    my $tmp = shift;
    my $srctype = shift || 'h'; # default assumes hex string
    $tmp = sprintf "%0.4x", hex($tmp) if $srctype eq 'h';       # 0-pad hex to 4 digits
    $tmp = sprintf "%0.4x", $tmp if $srctype eq 'd';    # 0-pad decimal to 4 hex digits
    my @o = ($tmp =~ /^(..)(..)$/);     # split into octets
    return sprintf "\\%0.3o\\%0.3o", hex($o[0]), hex($o[1]);;
  }

##fixme: fail if $datafile isn't an open, writable file

  # easy case - export all evarything
  # not-so-easy case - export item(s) specified
  # todo:  figure out what kind of list we use to export items

  my $domsth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT domain_id,domain,status FROM domains WHERE status=1");
  my $recsth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT host,type,val,distance,weight,port,ttl ".
        "FROM records WHERE domain_id=?");
  $domsth->execute();
  while (my ($domid,$dom,$domstat) = $domsth->fetchrow_array) {
    $recsth->execute($domid);
    while (my ($host,$type,$val,$dist,$weight,$port,$ttl) = $recsth->fetchrow_array) {
##fixme:  need to store location in the db, and retrieve it here.
# temporarily hardcoded to empty so we can include it further down.
my $loc = '';

##fixme:  record validity timestamp. tinydns supports fiddling with timestamps.
# note $ttl must be set to 0 if we want to use tinydns's auto-expiring timestamps.
# timestamps are TAI64
# ~~ 2^62 + time()
my $stamp = '';

# raw packet in unknown format:  first byte indicates length
# of remaining data, allows up to 255 raw bytes

##fixme?  append . to all host/val hostnames
      if ($typemap{$type} eq 'SOA') {

        # host contains pri-ns:responsible
        # val is abused to contain refresh:retry:expire:minttl
##fixme:  "manual" serial vs tinydns-autoserial
        # let's be explicit about abusing $host and $val
        my ($email, $primary) = (split /:/, $host)[0,1];
        my ($refresh, $retry, $expire, $min_ttl) = (split /:/, $val)[0,1,2,3];
        print $datafile "Z$dom:$primary:$email"."::$refresh:$retry:$expire:$min_ttl:$ttl:$stamp:$loc\n";

      } elsif ($typemap{$type} eq 'A') {

        print $datafile "+$host:$val:$ttl:$stamp:$loc\n";

      } elsif ($typemap{$type} eq 'NS') {

        print $datafile "\&$host"."::$val:$ttl:$stamp:$loc\n";

      } elsif ($typemap{$type} eq 'AAAA') {

        print $datafile ":$host:28:";
        my $altgrp = 0;
        my @altconv;
        # Split in to up to 8 groups of hex digits (allows for IPv6 :: 0-collapsing)
        foreach (split /:/, $val) {
          if (/^$/) {
            # flag blank entry;  this is a series of 0's of (currently) unknown length
            $altconv[$altgrp++] = 's';
          } else {
            # call sub to convert 1-4 hex digits to 2 string-rep octal bytes
            $altconv[$altgrp++] = octalize($_)
          }
        }
        foreach my $octet (@altconv) {
          # if not 's', output
          print $datafile $octet unless $octet =~ /^s$/;
          # if 's', output (9-array length)x literal '\000\000'
          print $datafile '\000\000'x(9-$altgrp) if $octet =~ /^s$/;
        }
        print $datafile ":$ttl:$stamp:$loc\n";

      } elsif ($typemap{$type} eq 'MX') {

        print $datafile "\@$host"."::$val:$dist:$ttl:$stamp:$loc\n";

      } elsif ($typemap{$type} eq 'TXT') {

##fixme:  split v-e-r-y long TXT strings?  will need to do so for BIND export, at least
        $val =~ s/:/\\072/g;    # may need to replace other symbols
        print $datafile "'$host:$val:$ttl:$stamp:$loc\n";

# by-hand TXT
#:deepnet.cx:16:2v\075spf1\040a\040a\072bacon.deepnet.cx\040a\072home.deepnet.cx\040-all:3600
#@       IN      TXT     "v=spf1 a a:bacon.deepnet.cx a:home.deepnet.cx -all"
#'deepnet.cx:v=spf1 a a\072bacon.deepnet.cx a\072home.deepnet.cx -all:3600

#txttest IN      TXT     "v=foo bar:bob kn;ob' \" !@#$%^&*()-=_+[]{}<>?"
#:txttest.deepnet.cx:16:\054v\075foo\040bar\072bob\040kn\073ob\047\040\042\040\041\100\043\044\045\136\046\052\050\051-\075\137\053\133\135\173\175\074\076\077:3600

# very long TXT record as brought in by axfr-get
# note tinydns does not support >512-byte RR data, need axfr-dns (for TCP support) for that
# also note, tinydns does not seem to support <512, >256-byte RRdata from axfr-get either.  :/
#:longtxt.deepnet.cx:16:
#\170this is a very long txt record.  it is really long.  long. very long.  really very long. this is a very long txt record.
#\263  it is really long.  long. very long.  really very long. this is a very long txt record.  it is really long.  long. very long.  really very long. this is a very long txt record. 
#\351 it is really long.  long. very long.  really very long.this is a very long txt record.  it is really long.  long. very long.  really very long. this is a very long txt record.  it is really long.  long. very long.  really very long.
#:3600

      } elsif ($typemap{$type} eq 'CNAME') {

        print $datafile "C$host:$val:$ttl:$stamp:$loc\n";

      } elsif ($typemap{$type} eq 'SRV') {

        # data is two-byte values for priority, weight, port, in that order,
        # followed by length/string data

        print $datafile ":$host:33:".octalize($dist,'d').octalize($weight,'d').octalize($port,'d');

        $val .= '.' if $val !~ /\.$/;
        foreach (split /\./, $val) {
          printf $datafile "\\%0.3o%s", length($_), $_;
        }
        print $datafile "\\000:$ttl:$stamp:$loc\n";

      } elsif ($typemap{$type} eq 'RP') {

        # RP consists of two mostly free-form strings.
        # The first is supposed to be an email address with @ replaced by . (as with the SOA contact)
        # The second is the "hostname" of a TXT record with more info.
        print $datafile ":$host:17:";
        my ($who,$what) = split /\s/, $val;
        foreach (split /\./, $who) {
          printf $datafile "\\%0.3o%s", length($_), $_;
        }
        print $datafile '\000';
        foreach (split /\./, $what) {
          printf $datafile "\\%0.3o%s", length($_), $_;
        }
        print $datafile "\\000:$ttl:$stamp:$loc\n";

      } elsif ($typemap{$type} eq 'PTR') {

        # must handle both IPv4 and IPv6
##work
        # data should already be in suitable reverse order.
        print $datafile "^$host:$val:$ttl:$stamp:$loc\n";

      } else {
        # raw record.  we don't know what's in here, so we ASS-U-ME the user has
        # put it in correctly, since either the user is messing directly with the
        # database, or the record was imported via AXFR
        # <split by char>
        # convert anything not a-zA-Z0-9.- to octal coding

##fixme: add flag to export "unknown" record types - note we'll probably end up
# mangling them since they were written to the DB from Net::DNS::RR::<type>->rdatastr.
        #print $datafile ":$host:$type:$val:$ttl:$stamp:$loc\n";

      } # record type if-else

    } # while ($recsth)
  } # while ($domsth)
} # end __export_tiny()


## DNSDB::mailNotify()
# Sends notification mail to recipients regarding an IPDB operation
sub mailNotify {
  my $dbh = shift;
  my ($subj,$message) = @_;

  return if $config{mailhost} eq 'smtp.example.com';   # do nothing if still using default SMTP host.

  my $mailer = Net::SMTP->new($config{mailhost}, Hello => "dnsadmin.$config{domain}");

  my $mailsender = ($config{mailsender} ? $config{mailsender} : $config{mailnotify});

  $mailer->mail($mailsender);
  $mailer->to($config{mailnotify});
  $mailer->data("From: \"$config{mailname}\" <$mailsender>\n",
        "To: <$config{mailnotify}>\n",
        "Date: ".strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z",localtime)."\n",
        "Subject: $subj\n",
        "X-Mailer: DNSAdmin Notify v".sprintf("%.1d",$DNSDB::VERSION)."\n",
        "Organization: $config{orgname}\n",
        "\n$message\n");
  $mailer->quit;
}

# shut Perl up
1;