BIND 9.8.2: forward zone not working

[Drunkard Zhang]

2013/3/19 Gerry Reno <greno at verizon.net>:
> Using BIND 9.8.2
>
> When you setup Samba 4 AD DC using BIND9_DLZ and your domain has external servers (eg: www,mail) at external providers
> this means that the ISP and the internal network nameservers will both have SOA record for the domain.
>
> /etc/resolv.conf looks like this:
>
>     domain company.com
>     nameserver 192.168.2.105
>
>
> /etc/named.conf contains:
>
>     forwarders  { isp_nameservers; };
>     recursion   yes;
>
> What is the preferred way to forward DNS requests to the ISP nameservers in order to resolve the domain's external
> servers without using BIND views?
>
> I tried using a forward zone but it does not work in 9.8.2.
>
>     zone "www.company.com" {
>         type forward;
>         forward only;
>         forwarders  { isp_nameservers; };
>     };
>
If a domain name has CNAME, you must forward the CNAMEed one too. In
this example, both www.company.com and company.com has to be
forwarded.

$ dig +nocmd www.company.com +multiline +noall +answer
www.company.com. 1800 IN CNAME company.com.
company.com. 1605 IN A 208.74.66.138
>
> Everything resolves fine both our domain and other external domains with the exception of our domain's external server's
> (www,mail).
>
> What do we need to get this forward zone working?
>
> -Gerry
>
>
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