problem with local zones

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9ulbh5$6rs at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Darren Evans  <devans at presscentre.net> wrote:
>Im running bind-8.2.3-1.rpm on a Redhat 7.0 server.  The nameserver is resolving
>live domains fine, however I want to add some local domains as a test, just for
>local testing and not used anywhere else.
>
>For example I want my nameserver to resolve abcxyz.com.  So I add the config
>to /etc/named.conf and appropriate zone file.
>
>The problem is that the nameserver does not resolve this local file,
>it goes out straight onto the net, not reading the local added zone file.
>
>Why is the local name server not in control, and letting the root servers
>kick in?

Have you checked for log messages indicating errors while trying to load
the zone file?

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