Static entries and forwarding for the same zone???!!

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9kn6q7$cs3 at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Kevin Darcy  <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:
>
>Barry Margolin wrote:
>
>> In article <9km9v1$6a9 at pub3.rc.vix.com>, kshong <kshong at singnet.com.sg> wrote:
>> >A site administrator wants me to setup both static entries and 'type
>> >forward;' for the same zone. This means that bind has to resolve some dns
>> >names from a file and if it can't find the answer there, it will forward the
>> >query to another dns server. do you think it's possible???!! *scratching
>> >head*
>>
>> Create a separate master zone for each of the static entries:
>>
>> zone "company.com" {
>>   type forward;
>>   forwarders { 1.2.3.4; };
>> };
>>
>> zone "host1.company.com" {
>>   type master;
>>   file "db.host1";
>> };
>>
>> zone "host2.company.com" {
>>   type master;
>>   file "db.host2";
>> };
>>
>> and so on.
>
>Of course, those are now *separate* zones, not "the same zone"...

True, but it accomplishes the intended goal.  I doubt that the
administrator really said "zone", or if he did I doubt that he really
understands the difference between a domain and a zone and intended his
request to be taken literally.

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