dns / bind question
Barry Margolin
barmar at genuity.net
Mon Jan 15 16:17:31 UTC 2001
In article <93spe2$ko0 at pub3.rc.vix.com>, noway <noway at noway.com> wrote:
>
>OK, I admit, I don't know much about unix/linux or bind. A linux bind
>server was setup for me (by the corporate IS guy) and it does not work
>correctly. Here is the basic setup:
>
>On the internet, our dns domain is: store.com
>The server is: ns1.store.com
>
>On the inside, our dns domain is: inside.store.com
>The server is: ns1.inside.store.com
>
>At my remote location, the dns domain is: ny.inside.store.com
>The server is: ns1.ny.inside.store.com
>
>I have been told that everything is setup to make the proper
>parent/child relationship work. Secondary servers also exist on each
>level. They are all ns2.... Here are my questions:
>
>1. Is it normal to have all the servers "ns1" and "ns2"?
Yes.
>2. From my server (ns1.ny.inside.store.com) I can use nslookup and I
>get the expected results for any name I try, in any of our dns
>domains. However, it does not always work from win95/98/NT machines.
>I can always resolve names in the "ny.inside.store.com" domain as well
>as the "store.com" and internet. I cannot always resolve names in the
>"inside.store.com" domain. As mentioned, it work fine from the server
>and some PC's, but not all.
Where are the PC's pointing to for their DNS resolution? They should be
pointing to the same place as the /etc/resolv.conf file on
ns1.ny.inside.store.com.
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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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