Linux DNS and WinNT-Server

[Marnix A. van Ammers]

So long as your clients know about both hosts and your Linux secondary name
server serves up all the domains that your clients are now getting from the NT
primary server, you should be OK.    Set up one of your clients to only know
about the Linux server, then see if it works OK with everything.

You didn't give all the specifics, so not sure if I'm answering the question
correctly.  You do need to add zone statements in the named.conf file in your
Linux server for the 1000 domains you host.

Viel Gluck,

Marnix A. van Ammers

ChemSoft GmbH wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> we have one WinNT 4.0 Server running that is the Primary DNS for over 1000
> Domains we host. Now we have installed a secondary DNS-Server using Linux
> und BIND 8. Our Network is 19x.3x.3x.x.
> In the named.conf i added the zone xxxx.in-addr.arpa. After restarting BIND
> 8 he transfered the zone from the NT-Server. Is that all we have to do for a
> secondary DNS? And is it secure if the primary DNS crashes?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Tobias