Forarding zones not being forwarded
Kevin Darcy
kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Fri Apr 14 21:01:56 UTC 2000
Stephen Carville wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Barry Margolin wrote:
> -In article <38F73781.641F321 at ugsolutions.com>,
> -Stephen Carville <carville at ugsolutions.com> wrote:
> ->If I use the server which should be forwarding the request I get an
> ->error:
> ->
> ->> server 134.244.64.11
> ->Default Server: ops.ug.eds.com
> ->Address: 134.244.64.11
> ->
> ->> trynt52.stldhcp.ugsolutions.com
> ->Server: ops.ug.eds.com
> ->Address: 134.244.64.11
> ->
> ->*** ops.ug.eds.com can't find trynt52.stldhcp.ugsolutions.com:
> ->Non-existent host/domain
> ->>
> ->
> ->Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?
> -
> -Your configuration looks OK to me. Could there be a communication problem
> -between the two servers?
> -
> -Have you tried using "ndc traceon" on the ops server and checked the
> -named.run file to see what's happening when it processes this query?
>
> On closer inspection I discovered an #INCLUDE file that had a delegation for
> the zone that was working but not for the zone that was not working. I added a
> line to the included file delegating the zone to the correct server and as is
> well now. Maybe zone forwarding does not work to subdomains? Seems like it
> should but I am still a beginner at administering DNS.
Forwarding should work for subdomains, as long as you don't explicitly cancel it
using the "forwarders {}" syntax. What leads you to believe it isn't working?
- Kevin
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