problem forwarding a subdomain

Barry Margolin barmar at alum.mit.edu
Thu Oct 21 13:06:37 UTC 2004


In article <cl8agm$lbu$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Mauricio Prates <mauricio_prates at sicredi.com.br> wrote:

> Barry Margolin wrote:
> > In article <ckmj3r$1cel$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
> >  Mauricio Prates <mauricio_prates at sicredi.com.br> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>	Hello there, I have the follow situation, one DNS Server with domain 
> >>"anything.com" and another DNS Server with subdomain 
> >>"01.0001.anything.com". I have configured the second DNS to local resolv 
> >>the subdomain "01.0001.anything.com" and forward the domain 
> >>"anything.com" to the first DNS server. This is working fine, for 
> >>example, from the computer "comp1.anything.com" I can resolv the name 
> >>"fileserver.anything.com".
> >>
> >>	And I have configured the first DNS server to local resolv  the domain 
> >>"anything.com" and forward the subdomain "01.0001.anything.com", but 
> >>this isn't working, for example, from "fileserver.01.0001.anything.com" 
> >>I can't resolv "comp1.anything.com".
> >>
> >>	Anyone knows wath I have to do to have this situation working ?
> >>
> >>	Here are part of my named.conf
> >>
> >>FIRST DNS SERVER
> >>zone "01.0001.anything.com" in {
> >>         type forward;
> >>         forwarders { 10.3.4.1; };
> >>
> >>
> >>SECOND DNS SERVER
> >>zone "anything.com" in {
> >>         type forward;
> >>         forwarders { 172.21.12.101; 172.21.12.100; };
> >>
> >>
> >>Btw, I'm using BIND 9.2.2 and SUSE 9.0 in the both servers.
> > 
> > 
> > Does the zone file for anything.com on the first server include NS 
> > records for 01.0001.anything.com?  Forwarders are only followed when a 
> > subdomain is delegated out of the authoritative zone.
> > 
> 	Hello Barry, no, the zone file for anything.com does not have any 
> records for 01.0001.anything.com.

It was a rhetorical question, since the second sentence of my reply 
explains why it needs it.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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