How to configure a sub-domain?

[Ronan Lucio]

I configured this morning the subdomain like Nate explanation
and it looks me right and working fine.

Thank´s
Ronan

> On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 06:56:25AM -0800, Pete Ehlke wrote:
> > * Joseph S D Yao <jsdy at center.osis.gov> said, on [011217 05:38]:
> > >
> > > Actually, if I am reading Nate's post correctly, it WILL work.  He is
> > > not proposing creating a separate zone.  He is proposing having the
> > > child domains in the SAME zone [and same zone file] as the parent
> > > domains.  This is legal in all versions of BIND.
> > >
> > Hrmmmm.
> >
> > Obviously I read it the other way ;) Nate? What was your intention?
>
> I meant Pete's interpretation:
>
> 1) parent zone has no NS records for child zone
> 2) child zone defined/declared *only* in named.conf (or included file)
>
> BIND 8 will happily serve a fully functional subzone *if* the parent and
> child live on the same nameserver. I have domains that served millions
> of web hits a day that were configured this way.
>
> Of course I fixed it as fast as I could type when I found these. I do
> NOT condone this setup, but I wanted other hostmasters to know about
> the possibility that it may exist in the zones they inherit. It may help
> them troubleshoot problems with their zones.
>
> > Anyway, I think we're in violent agreement. Child domains inside parent
> > zone file is just fine. Child domains in separate zones, without NS
> > records in the parent zone, *will* bite you at some point.
>
> Everyone agrees with that (or so I really hope). I didn't get bit, I
> caught this, but someone in a hurry or less experienced could easily
> have been bitten.
> --
> Nate Campi | Terra Lycos DNS | SF UNIX Operations | (415) 276-8678
>
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