strange nslookup dns problem....

[Barry Margolin]

In article <sklr00bfis4121 at corp.supernews.com>,
Henry Su <bwc2000 at midwest.net> wrote:
>thanx for that pointer.... i looked at a real world exapmle in that howto
>and sure enough, there was an entry as such:
>
>zzzbogus.com.     a     192.168.0.1
>
>after adding that, i can resolve the domain with nslookup, however, the
>response given back to me was NON-authoritative, why is that?  i mean, if my
>zone file is the only one that knows about this bogus domain, shouldn't it
>give me an authoritative answer?
>
>appreciate any help.

If a master server responds non-authoritatively, it means it noticed a
syntax error in the zone file.  Check your log for the error message.

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