problem with local zones

[Darren Evans]

On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 04:33:00PM +0000, Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <9ulbh5$6rs at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
> Darren Evans  <devans at presscentre.net> wrote:
> >Im running bind-8.2.3-1.rpm on a Redhat 7.0 server.  The nameserver is resolving
> >live domains fine, however I want to add some local domains as a test, just for
> >local testing and not used anywhere else.
> >
> >For example I want my nameserver to resolve abcxyz.com.  So I add the config
> >to /etc/named.conf and appropriate zone file.
> >
> >The problem is that the nameserver does not resolve this local file,
> >it goes out straight onto the net, not reading the local added zone file.
> >
> >Why is the local name server not in control, and letting the root servers
> >kick in?
> 
> Have you checked for log messages indicating errors while trying to load

No errors in the local log files.  Only info for the zones i'm serving, not
the local test domains.

Could this be restricted in bind 8 implementations, but ok with BIND 4?

Darren