zone files and named.conf

[Kevin Darcy]

Barry Margolin wrote:

> In article <a8fuoc$6b at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
> Kevin Darcy  <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:
> >
> >Barry Margolin wrote:
> >
> >> In article <a8flt1$rgs at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
> >> James Simons  <jsimons at ntinet.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >I found out yesterday (by accident) that multiple domains in named.conf
> >> >can reference the same zone file.  So I got to thinking that this would
> >> >be a good way to reduce overall maintenance of zone files for me.  We
> >> >have .com, .net, .org, etc addresses for several of our domains and I do
> >> >hate to have multiple zone files to maintain for each one, so I thought
> >> >that I would put a reference to each one in named.conf and when I
> >> >specify the zone file just point it to the .com and go on with life.  I
> >> >wasn't sure how good this was for the overall DNS of the net but I knew
> >> >you guys would so please let me know!
> >>
> >> Yes, this will work, but you have to be careful.  Make sure that all the
> >> names you define use relative syntax; you can't define any fully-qualified
> >> names in the file, since they'll be out of zone for any domains other than
> >> the one it uses.
> >
> >Unless of course you *want* the name to be constant for all zones, e.g. a single
> >mail server name as the target for multiple domains' MX records. Just make sure,
> >as always, to dot-terminate any fully-qualified name you use in a zone file.
>
> I was referring to the names you *define*, i.e. the ones on the lefthand
> side of resource records.

So you did. Sorry I didn't read your comment carefully enough.


- Kevin