Multiple Domains pointing to one zone

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

	Why don't you just give all the slave zone files a unique name.
	Its not like you have to edit them.

	Mark

> I know in bind 4 that it was possible to point multiple domains
> to one zone file. This was great for doing virtual hosting.
> I just upgraded to bind 8.2.3 and am having some problems.
> I tried pointing a few domains to one zone file say :
> MASTER:
> zone "domain.com" {type master; file "virt.zone"; };
> zone "domain.net" {type master; file "virt.zone"; };
> zone "domain.org" {type master; file "virt.zone"; };
> SLAVE:
> zone "domain.com" {type slave masters { 10.0.0.1; };
> file "virt.zone"; };
> zone "domain.net" {type slave masters { 10.0.0.1; };
> file "virt.zone"; };
> zone "domain.org" {type slave; masters { 10.0.0.1; };
> file "virt.zone"; };
> 
> This seems to work on the master but when a zone transfer happens
> on the slave it sticks in the $ORIGIN tag and screws things up.
> by the way my zone file looks something like this:
> $TTL 3600
> @ IN SOA  ns1.nameserver.com. dns-admin.nameserver.com. {
>                               20010502
>                               10800
>                               3600
>                               604800
>                               3600
>                               }
>           NS ns1.nameserver.com.
>           NS ns2.nameserver.com.
>        IN  A 10.0.0.2
>        IN MX 10 mail.server.com
> www    IN  A 10.0.0.2
> ftp    IN CNAME www
> *      IN CNAME www
> 
> Thats on my master. When it transfers it looks something like:
> $ORIGIN com.
> domain 3600  IN SOA  ns1.nameserver.com. dns-admin.nameserver.com. {
>                               20010502
>                               10800
>                               3600
>                               604800
>                               3600
>                               }
>      3600 IN    NS ns1.nameserver.com.
>      3600 IN    NS ns2.nameserver.com.
>      3600 IN  A 10.0.0.2
>      3600 IN MX 10 mail.server.com
> $ORIGIN domain.com
> www  3600  IN  A 10.0.0.2
> ftp  3600  IN CNAME www
> *    3600  IN CNAME www
> 
> Any Ideas on how I can make this work on my secondary?
> Like not have it put in the $ORIGIN TAGS?
> Please reply to my email. I am not on this list.. Thanks
> 
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