problem forwarding a subdomain

[Steve Sandau]

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.
> 

Delegating 01.0001.anything.com properly to the second DNS server (with 
NS records for 01.0001.anything.com in anything.com zone on the first 
nameserver) would also remove the need for forwarding, I believe. Is

Steve