How to declare several primary zones

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Mon Apr 2 19:00:38 UTC 2001


nsupdate uses SOA and NS queries to determine which zone to update. If the
wrong zone is being updated, chances are its because your nameservers
answering incorrectly and misleading nsupdate.

It should be possible to determine where things are going wrong from
nsupdate's "-d" output.


- Kevin

ELISABETH.CHORQUES at ALCATEL.FR wrote:

> Hello !
>  I work with Bind 8.2.3. But I have a question about definitions of
> zones. Is it possible  to declare two PRIMARY zones in the Bind like this
> ?
>  First zone:       branch.toto.root
>  second zone: leaf.branch.toto.root
> My two zones are declared master zones in my named.conf file and the DNS
> name is entered in the SOA records.
> My problem is that I cannot update my two zones correctly. When I perform
> a "nsupdate" on the second one, the first one is updated.
> I know that my two zones are a little odd but I need this cut to separate
> two different functions.
>
> Thank you in advance for your answers.
>
> Elisabeth Chorques
> Alcatel





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