delegation over authority?

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 26.01.09 17:09, Todd Snyder wrote:
> I am trying to wrap my head around a weird configuration I ran across
> today, and see if my assumptions are correct.
> 
> Working with the TLD .testdomain.
> 
> We have the record:
> 
> test2.testdomain.	IN	NS	ns01.blahblah.testdomain.
> 
> 
> But, on the same server, we also have the zone configured:
> 
> zone "test2.testdomain" in {
>         file "slave/test2.testdomain";
>         type slave;
>         masters { all_masters; };
> };
> 
> 
> So, on the server, we have a delegation of test2.testdomain but we're
> also authoritative for that domain.
> 
> My testing seems to indicate that the authorty overrides the delegation,
> but I wanted to see if I was correct.  Will it always override?  Is this
> a bad configuration?  Will it cause any problems along the way?

yes, authority "overrides" delegation. However they should match because
mismatch could lead to strange results.
-- 
Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uhlar at fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/
Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address.
Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu.
WinError #98652: Operation completed successfully.