dns / bind question

[Barry Margolin]

In article <93spe2$ko0 at pub3.rc.vix.com>, noway  <noway at noway.com> wrote:
>
>OK, I admit, I don't know much about unix/linux or bind.  A linux bind
>server was setup for me (by the corporate IS guy) and it does not work
>correctly.  Here is the basic setup:
>
>On the internet, our dns domain is:  store.com
>The server is:  ns1.store.com
>
>On the inside, our dns domain is:  inside.store.com
>The server is:  ns1.inside.store.com
>
>At my remote location, the dns domain is:  ny.inside.store.com
>The server is:  ns1.ny.inside.store.com
>
>I have been told that everything is setup to make the proper
>parent/child relationship work.  Secondary servers also exist on each
>level.  They are all ns2....   Here are my questions:
>
>1.  Is it normal to have all the servers "ns1" and "ns2"?

Yes.

>2.  From my server (ns1.ny.inside.store.com)  I can use nslookup and I
>get the expected results for any name I try, in any of our dns
>domains.  However,  it does not always work from win95/98/NT machines.
>I can always resolve names in the "ny.inside.store.com" domain as well
>as the "store.com" and internet.  I cannot always resolve names in the
>"inside.store.com" domain.  As mentioned, it work fine from the server
>and some PC's, but not all.

Where are the PC's pointing to for their DNS resolution?  They should be
pointing to the same place as the /etc/resolv.conf file on
ns1.ny.inside.store.com.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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