zone "." {type hint; file "named.ca";}; not working

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Fri Dec 10 23:35:45 UTC 1999


Richard wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I have a compaq tru64 Unix v5.0 machine acting as a slave DNS server.  The
> local domains downloaded from the master seem to work fine.
>
> The problem is I can't get lookups in domains above the local ones to work.
> I understand the entry:
>
> zone "." {
>       type hint;
>       file "named.ca";
> };
>
> is supposed to accomplish this.  I have verified that named.ca is in the
> proper directory and contains the proper information.
>
> I have a master DNS server machine running version 4.0d of Tru64 Unix.  It
> has the entry:
>
> cache           .                 named.ca
>
> at the bottom of the file and works just fine.
>
> Is there anything else I should be doing to resolve internet addresses with
> the slave DNS server?

Does the slave server have the same access to Internet nameservers as the
master does?


- Kevin




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