DNS forwarding: does it actually work?

[Robert Abbate]

from what I can tell, I have to update the named.conf
file on the slave for every new host anyway...correct?

I am looking for a solution that could basically
replicate the master name server (ns1) over to ns2
which is a different machine. Any additions/changes
done to ns1 replicate to ns2 automatically is ideal
for me (and preferrably without having to manually
update/change the named.conf file on the ns2 if
possible). 

We have a webhosting company, and zones are created
and update often. Currently, I have them as both
masters and the configuration is manually copied to
the ns2 once daily...I would like something LIVE
updating (if Bind has that ability).

When i did set up ns2 as a slave, the actual data said
it was copied over, but it wasn't. The zones were
empty on the slave. 

Besides, as a slave, doesn't it basically only forward
requests to ns1 (master)? I want it only to forward
requests to ns1 when ns1 is UP. If ns1 goes down, I
need ns2 to give answers.

Thanks!


--- Barry Margolin <barmar at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <c3cpdf$1r2$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
>  Robert Abbate <tikvah7 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Barry Margolin said: "Make one a slave of the
> other."
> > 
> > Have you successfully been able to set that up? I
> was
> > not able to get that working. That was the first
> thing
> > I tried.
> 
> I've configured many slave servers, it works fine. 
> If there's something 
> peculiar about your environment that would prevent
> it, you'll have to 
> provide more details.  What errors do you get on the
> slave server?  Is 
> the master server restricting zone transfers?
> 
> -- 
> Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
> Arlington, MA
> *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not
> directly to me ***
> 


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