forward zones in bind 8.2.3

[Kevin Darcy]

Desparte?

Is balance.foo.com properly delegated from foo.com?

What kind of response is the client seeing? You can tell this by using a real
lookup tool like "dig" or, if you insist on continuing to use nslookup,
specifying the "-debug" option so you can a better idea of what it's doing.


- Kevin

SHERMAN, Larry, GCM wrote:

> Please Help!  I'm desparte!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SHERMAN, Larry, GCM [mailto:Larry.Sherman at gcm.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 12:03 PM
> To: 'bind-users at isc.org'
> Subject: forward zones in bind 8.2.3
>
> I have a Solaris 5.6 server running bind 8.2.3.  The named.conf file has 2
> forwarders specified in the global options section.  My domain is
> "foo.com".  I have set up a lbnamed server on another box answering for the
> subdomain "balance.foo.com". I created an entry in named.conf for the
> subdomain:
>
> zone "balance.foo.com" in {
>         type forward;
>         forward only;
>         forwarders { a.b.c.d; };
>         check-names warn;
> }
>
> I can point nslookup at the lbnamed server and get answers in the form of
> CNAME records. It works.  I can point nslookup at my bind 8.2.3 server and
> resolve everything, except anything in the balance subdomain.  A look at
> named.run shows that bind is managing the balance subdomain (although the
> messages look different for the root "foo.com" zone, which I presume is due
> to the difference in zone type), and has not ignored the directive.  When I
> snoop on port 53, I can see my nslookup session descending through the
> searchlist looking for an answer.  I never see any traffic being forwarded
> to a.b.c.d, the lbnamed server for balance.foo.com.
>
> I am somewhat confused, as I thought vers 8.2.3 and above supported this
> feature.  I have searched the lists and resources available, but have not
> found much in the way of help.  Do I have to go to version 9, or am I
> missing something?
>
> Any help would be great.
>
>