partial zone?

[Dawn Connelly]

can you send your zone file and named.conf?
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:15 AM, P1 <p1 at eagency.com> wrote:

> When I created the zone file for host1.testdomain.com, I get the
> following error when querying it:
>
> ** server can't find host1.testdomain.com: SERVFAIL
>
> I checked the syntax, seems correct.
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:10:47 -0400, Kevin Darcy <kcd at chrysler.com>
> wrote:
>
> >PL wrote:
> >> Is it possible to have a zone with just a few A-records resolving to
> >> local addresses but forwarding all other queries for records not found
> >> within the local zone to another server?
> >>
> >> Example:
> >>
> >> MyDNSserver would host the testdomain.com zone with:
> >> host1 IN A 10.0.0.1
> >> host2 IN A 10.0.0.2
> >>
> >> RealDNSserver would host the same testdomain.com zone with ALL
> >> records, including the ones defined in MyDNSserver:
> >> host1 IN A 55.55.55.1
> >> host2 IN A 55.55.55.2
> >> host3 IN A 55.55.55.3
> >> host4 IN A 55.55.55.4
> >>
> >> Now, a client on my 10.0.0.0 network would query MyDNSserver for host1
> >> and get an answer of 10.0.0.1 but if it queries for host3, it would
> >> get 55.55.55.3 which would come from RealDNSserver which replied to
> >> the forwarded request from MyDNSserver.
> >>
> >>
> >No, once you're authoritative for a zone you don't ask anyone else about
> >it. That would be kind of like asking someone else what your own
> >thoughts or ideas are on a particular subject. There are no "partial"
> >zones; zones are the basic unit of DNS administrative control.
> >
> >So your options are
> >a) make those individual entries (host1.testdomain.com, etc.) separate
> >zones unto themselves (this tends to be rather unmaintainable beyond a
> >certain point) so you can locally "override" the resolution that's
> >coming from RealDNSserver, or
> >b) if you have a tight-knit relationship with the maintainers of
> >RealDNSserver, maintain two (or more) different versions of the zone in
> >parallel with each other
> >
> >- Kevin
> >
> >
>
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