problem with reverses and dynamic updates.

[Kevin Darcy]

Looks like a simple case of the Dynamic Update client not being smart enough to
handle aliases. Which client is this, by the way? I know the Windows 2000 client
is somewhat CNAME-challenged...


- Kevin

Pat Masterson wrote:

> My named.conf has a 48.104.15.in-addr.arpa which I want to split into two
> halves. One for statics, one for reverses.
>  In this file I have "allow-update none" and 2 NS records for the RFC
> 2317 sub zones.
>  There is an
> 0-25  NS  <name server>
> 1     cname  1.0-25.48.104.15.in-addr.arpa.
> 2     cname  2.0-25......
>  etc.
>
> And
>
> 128-25  NS  <name server>
> 128   cname  128.128-25.48.104.155.in-addr.arpa.
> 129   cname  129.128-25.48.... etc.
>
> Problem is, the dynamic updates go right into the parent zone
> 48.104.155.in-addr.arpa and not into the correct subzone. So I get "update
> denied" . What am I doing wrong?
>
> Apologies for not attaching al the files; the machine is in a lab with no
> Net access, and I ave to type everything by hand. -pat
>
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