Subdomains

[James A Griffin]

Enrik wrote:
> 
> hi to all
> i have a little problem:
> I have a class C network with a DNS running on Bind8 and the name is
> "ingce.unibo.it".
> I'd like to make a subdomain wnet like "wnet.ingce.unibo.it" using DNS in
> w2k.
> Ihave added this 2 records in my bind8 config:
> 
> wnet.              IN      NS      atlante.wnet.
------^------------------------------------------^ you forgot the "."
end the name.
Delete them and the line will be interperted as:

wnet.ingce.unibo.it  IN      NS      atlante.wnet.ingce.unibo.it
//assuming the origin is ingce.unibo.it

> atlante.wnet    IN      A       137.204.191.10
> 
> Now the DNS of subdomain wnet is functioning (it resolve all the names)
> but if i try to ping or "host" the subdomain wnet.ingce.unibo.it
> the answeris: unknown host.
> What i have forgotten in my configuration?
> 
> Thank you!!!!
>     Enrico
Also there are other problems with ingce.unibo.it; here are the results
of 'doc'

Doc-2.1.4: doc -v ingce.unibo.it.
Doc-2.1.4: Starting test of ingce.unibo.it.   parent is unibo.it.
Doc-2.1.4: Test date - Tue Feb 27 10:18:07 EST 2001
soa @almadns.unibo.it. for unibo.it. has serial: 2001022201
soa @cine88.cineca.it. for unibo.it. has serial: 2001022201
soa @dectcp.cineca.it. for unibo.it. has serial: 2001022201
; Bad server: dns.nis.garr.it. -- using default server and timer opts
soa @dns.nis.garr.it. for unibo.it. has serial:
WARNING: no SOA record for unibo.it. from dns.nis.garr.it.
;; res_nsend to server spoletta.dm.unibo.it.  130.136.1.25: Connection
timed out
DIGERR (UNKNOWN): dig @spoletta.dm.unibo.it. for SOA of parent
(unibo.it.) failed
SOA serial #'s agree for unibo.it. domain
Found 2 NS and 2 glue records for ingce.unibo.it. @almadns.unibo.it.
(non-AUTH)
Found 2 NS and 2 glue records for ingce.unibo.it. @cine88.cineca.it.
(non-AUTH)
Found 2 NS and 2 glue records for ingce.unibo.it. @dectcp.cineca.it.
(non-AUTH)
DNServers for unibo.it.
   === 0 were also authoritatve for ingce.unibo.it.
   === 3 were non-authoritative for ingce.unibo.it.
Servers for unibo.it. (not also authoritative for ingce.unibo.it.)
   === agree on NS records for ingce.unibo.it.
NS list summary for ingce.unibo.it. from parent (unibo.it.) servers
  == argo.ingce.unibo.it. ulisse.ingce.unibo.it.
;; res_nsend to server argo.ingce.unibo.it.  137.204.191.2: Connection
refused
DIGERR (UNKNOWN): dig @argo.ingce.unibo.it. for SOA of ingce.unibo.it.
failed
soa @ulisse.ingce.unibo.it. for ingce.unibo.it. serial: 991184
ERROR: NS list from ingce.unibo.it. authoritative servers does not
  === match NS list from parent (unibo.it.) servers
NS list summary for ingce.unibo.it. from authoritative servers
  == mercurio.ingce.unibo.it. ulisse.ingce.unibo.it.
Checking 1 potential addresses for hosts at ingce.unibo.it.
  == 137.204.191.2
in-addr PTR record found for 137.204.191.2
Summary:
   ERRORS found for ingce.unibo.it. (count: 1)
   WARNINGS issued for ingce.unibo.it. (count: 1)
   Incomplete test for ingce.unibo.it. (1)
Done testing ingce.unibo.it.  Tue Feb 27 10:18:41 EST 2001
                 

And unibo.it. had problems too:

Doc-2.1.4: doc -v unibo.it.
Doc-2.1.4: Starting test of unibo.it.   parent is it.
Doc-2.1.4: Test date - Tue Feb 27 10:10:22 EST 2001
soa @dns2.it.net. for it. has serial: 2001022700
soa @dns2.iunet.it. for it. has serial: 2001022700
soa @dns.nic.it. for it. has serial: 2001022700
soa @nameserver.cnr.it. for it. has serial: 2001022700
soa @ns2.psi.net. for it. has serial: 2001022700
soa @ns.eu.net. for it. has serial: 2001022700
soa @ns.ripe.net. for it. has serial: 2001022700
soa @server2.infn.it. for it. has serial: 2001022700
SOA serial #'s agree for it. domain
Found 5 NS and 4 glue records for unibo.it. @dns2.it.net. (non-AUTH)
Found 5 NS and 4 glue records for unibo.it. @dns2.iunet.it.
(non-AUTH)Found 5 NS and 4 glue records for unibo.it. @dns.nic.it.
(non-AUTH)
Found 5 NS and 4 glue records for unibo.it. @nameserver.cnr.it.
(non-AUTH)
Found 5 NS and 4 glue records for unibo.it. @ns2.psi.net. (non-AUTH)
Found 5 NS and 4 glue records for unibo.it. @ns.eu.net. (non-AUTH)
Found 5 NS and 4 glue records for unibo.it. @ns.ripe.net. (non-AUTH)
Found 5 NS and 4 glue records for unibo.it. @server2.infn.it. (non-AUTH)
DNServers for it.
   === 0 were also authoritatve for unibo.it.
   === 8 were non-authoritative for unibo.it.
Servers for it. (not also authoritative for unibo.it.)
   === agree on NS records for unibo.it.
NS list summary for unibo.it. from parent (it.) servers
  == almadns.unibo.it. cine88.cineca.it. dectcp.cineca.it.
  == dns.nis.garr.it. spoletta.dm.unibo.it.
soa @almadns.unibo.it. for unibo.it. serial: 2001022201
soa @cine88.cineca.it. for unibo.it. serial: 2001022201
soa @dectcp.cineca.it. for unibo.it. serial: 2001022201
; Bad server: dns.nis.garr.it. -- using default server and timer opts
soa @dns.nis.garr.it. for unibo.it. serial:
ERROR: no SOA record for unibo.it. from dns.nis.garr.it.
;; res_nsend to server spoletta.dm.unibo.it.  130.136.1.25: Connection
timed out
DIGERR (UNKNOWN): dig @spoletta.dm.unibo.it. for SOA of unibo.it. failed
SOA serial #'s agree for unibo.it.
Authoritative domain (unibo.it.) servers agree on NS for unibo.it.
ERROR: NS list from unibo.it. authoritative servers does not
  === match NS list from parent (it.) servers
NS list summary for unibo.it. from authoritative servers
  == almadns.unibo.it. dns2.cineca.it. dns.cineca.it.
ERROR: cine88.cineca.it. claims to be authoritative, but does not appear
in
NS list from authoritative servers
ERROR: dectcp.cineca.it. claims to be authoritative, but does not appear
in
NS list from authoritative servers
Checking 2 potential addresses for hosts at unibo.it.
  == 137.204.1.15 130.136.1.25
in-addr PTR record found for 137.204.1.15
in-addr PTR record found for 130.136.1.25
Summary:
   ERRORS found for unibo.it. (count: 4)
   Incomplete test for unibo.it. (1)
Done testing unibo.it.  Tue Feb 27 10:11:23 EST 2001

Regards,
Jim