dns problem very urgenet

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

>  Hi,
>  
>  I am running Bind 8.2.4 on solaris 2.6. We have a
>  domain name slnsw.gov.au. We have changed our domain
>  name from slnsw.gov.au to sl.nsw.gov.au. But our old
>  domain slnsw.gov.au will be active for 1 more year.
>  
>  Now I am configuring our DNS server to handle both
>  slnsw.gov.au and sl.nsw.gov.au.
>  
>  I have two different database (zone) files for each
>  domain. Hostnames for domains slnsw.gov.au and 
> sl.nsw.gov.au point to the same IP address.
> 
>  I am confused for the reverse. Should I have the PTR
>  record to the old domain (slnsw.gov.au). Because I
>  can't have like 
>  
>  38  IN   PTR  image.slnsw.gov.au.
>  38  IN   PTR  image.sl.nsw.gov.au.

	Well you can have both but nothing uses more than one name.
	I would just make them point to the new names.
  
>  After I configured my dns for both slnsw.gov.au and
>  sl.nsw.gov.au it is not resolving any domain name.
>  
>  Eg:
>  
>  image# nslookup
>  Default Server:  image.
>  Address:  192.231.59.38
>  
> www.sun.com
> Server:  image.slnsw.gov
> Address:  192.231.59.38
>  
> Name:    www.sun.com.gov
> Served by:
> - I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>          192.36.148.17
>  
> - E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>            192.203.230.10
>  
> - D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>            128.8.10.90
>  
> - A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>            198.41.0.4
>  
> - H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>            128.63.2.53
>  
> - C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>            192.33.4.12
>  
> - G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>            192.112.36.4
>  
> - F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>            192.5.5.241
>  
> - B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>            128.9.0.107
>  
> - J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>            198.41.0.10
>  
>  
> Why is it not resolving any of the external domians?
> Could someone please reply as soon as possible.

	Looks like you have turned off recursion.

	B.T.W. this would have been easier to see by using 'dig'.

	Mark
>  
> Thanks,
> Rajesh.
>  
>  
>  
>  
> 
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