Non-delegated subdomain?

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

	While Barry didn't say this you should check your logs and fix
	the errors reported.

	Mark

> In article <874rab$3gd$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,  <gmcafee at my-deja.com> wrote:
> >Is it normal to get a non-authoritative answer to a query for a RR that
> >belongs to a non-delegated subdomain?  For example, if I have something
> >like:
> 
> No, it's not normal.  A server is authoritative for zones, not domains.
> Names in non-delegated subdomains are part of the same zone.  The server
> should be authoritative for the whole zone or none of it.
> 
> >fred.com SOA ...
> >
> >         NS barney.fred.com.
> >barney   A  x.x.x.x
> >
> >_ftp.tcp SRV 1 1 21 wilma.fred.com.
> >wilma    A   y.y.y.y
> >
> >and I query the SRV record with nslookup, I get a non-authoritative
> >answer back.  Thus I'm assuming that the name server thinks the SRV
> >actually belongs to the 'tcp.fred.com' domain and views the SRV RR as
> >part of a non-delegated subdomain of 'fred.com'.
> >
> >1) Are my assumptions accurate?
> >2) If so, how do I get an authoritative answer for the SRV?
> >3) If I'm all washed up, please tell me what I'm doing wrong.
> 
> I don't know.  Are you sure it's returning authoritative answers for
> barney.fred.com and wilma.fred.com?
> 
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> Barry Margolin, barmar at bbnplanet.com
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