how to create a private "test." zone?
Rui Lopes
rgl at ruilopes.com
Tue Mar 3 08:16:56 UTC 2009
Mark Andrews wrote:
> Mark Andrews writes:
>
>> In message <49AC5D59.1010707 at ruilopes.com>, Rui Lopes writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Ben Bridges wrote:
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>> You could try creating example.test as a forward zone in named.conf on
>>>> your sun server and specifying plesk as the forwarder for that zone.
>>>>
>>> Indeed, adding a forward zone like bellow works! but why does it work?
>>> or why is it needed?
>>>
>>> zone "example.test" {
>>> type forward;
>>> // forward only;
>>> // forwarders { 192.168.2.10; };
>>> };
>>>
>>> Note that I only needed to include the "type forward" line, the other
>>> lines do not seem to be needed. I'm I missing something? they aren't
>>> really needed? By reading the bind manual it seems we have to include them
>>>
>> .
>>
>> You turned off forwarding for that namespace.
>> It's the equivalent of:
>>
>> zone "example.test" {
>> type forward;
>> forwarders { /* empty */ };
>> };
>>
>>
>> You could have also added it to the test zones config.
>>
>> zone "test" {
>> type master; // or slave
>>
> // or stub
>
>> ...
>> forwarders { /* empty */ };
>> };
>>
>> Mark
>>
Thanks!
Why isn't bind just following the "example.test. NS plesk.test." RR that
is inside the "test." zone without removing the forwarders?
Best regards,
Rui Lopes
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