diff --git a/octodns/provider/fastdns.py b/octodns/provider/fastdns.py
index c955cdf..a01f71e 100644
--- a/octodns/provider/fastdns.py
+++ b/octodns/provider/fastdns.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, \
     unicode_literals
 
 ## octodns specfic imports:
+from os.path import expanduser
+import ConfigParser
+
 
 import logging
 from functools import reduce
@@ -34,8 +37,49 @@ class AkamaiProvider(BaseProvider):
         self.log.debug('__init__: id=%s, ')
         super(AkamaiProvider, self).__init__(id, *args, **kwargs)
 
+        self._authenticate(self, client_secret, host, access_token, client_token)
+
+
+    def _authenticate(self, client_secret, host, access_token, client_token)
+
         ## generate edgegrid
+        section_name = "dns"
+        home = expanduser("~")
+        index = 0 
+        fields = {}
+
+        ## process original .edgerc file
+        origConfig = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+        filename = "%s/.edgerc" % home
+        
+        # If this is a new file, create it
+        if not os.path.isfile(filename):
+            open(filename, 'a+').close()
+            
+        origConfig.read(filename)
+
+
+        if section_name in origConfig.sections():
+            print (">>> Replacing section: %s" % section_name)
+            
+
+
+            sys.stdout.write ("*** OK TO REPLACE section %s? *** [Y|n]:" % section_name)
+            real_raw_input = vars(__builtins__).get('raw_input',input)
+            choice = real_raw_input().lower()
+            if choice == "n":
+                print ("Not replacing section.")
+                exit(0)
+
+            replace_section = True
+        else:
+            print ("+++ Creating section: %s" % section_name)
+            replace_section = False
+
+
         #### create credential file, and write credentials to it
+
+
         credFile = open('tempCred.txt', 'w')
 
         credFile.write('client_secret = ')