forwarding on zone base does'nt work; again

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> Hello
> 
> I'm running Bind 8.2.2-P5 on a Sun Ultra 5, with Solaris 7.
> Configured as master for a few 'internal' domains and slave for
> a few more 'internal' domains. This works fine so far.
> I tried to set up a forwarder for another internal domain,
> which does not allow zone transfers.

	I would double check that you are running the version you think
	you are.

	Mark
> 
> This does not work. I get following:
> 
> Jan 12 15:49:12 dns001 named[164]: reloading nameserver
> Jan 12 15:49:12 dns001 named[164]: /etc/named.conf:59: syntax error near for
> ward
> Jan 12 15:49:12 dns001 named[164]: no type specified for zone 'firm-internal
> .com'
> Jan 12 15:49:12 dns001 named[164]: zone 'firm-internal.com' did not
> validate, skipping
> Jan 12 15:49:12 dns001 named[164]: /etc/named.conf:64: syntax error near '}'
> Jan 12 15:49:12 dns001 named[164]: Ready to answer queries.
> 
> 
> That's how the it looks in the named.conf file:
> 
> zone "firm-internal.com" in {		//  <- line 58  (my comments)
> 	type forward;
> 	forward only;
> 	forwarders {
>      	10.41.8.91;				//  <- Intranet  Name Server
> 	};
> };
> 
> 
> And the global options on top of the named.conf file:
> 
> options {
> 	....
> 
> 	//
> 	forward only;
>  	forwarders { 164.128.36.34; };	//  <- ISP Name Server
> 	//
> 	directory "/var/named";
> };
> 
> 
> What am I missing? Thanks for any hints.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
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