Multiple Domains on One Name Server

[Kevin Darcy]

Kevin Darcy wrote:

> Blair Copeland wrote:
>
> > > > how would the data zone files and the named.conf file be configured?
> >
> > > You create the ldap.jlic.com domain just like you would create the jlic.com.
> > > They work the same.  :)
> >
> > Fogive my ignorance, but inside the file for "jlic.com", I could manually add
> > a record for xxx.ldap.jlic.com.  So, "ldap.jlic.com" would be in two places?
> > Or, would DNS bark because I had a specific zone def for the "ldap.jlic.com"
> > in a different file?
>
> The jlic.com zone is "cut" at the ldap.jlic.com "branch", and therefore
> xxx.ldap.jlic.com is technically *outside* of the jlic.com zone. Because it's
> out-of-zone data, named will "bark" at it (and ignore it), except in the special
> case of a "glue" record.

That sounds a little strange, doesn't it: bark and ignore? What I mean is that the
record won't get loaded into memory, and named will log the fact that it was
skipped.


- Kevin