forward zones in bind 8.2.3
Kevin Darcy
kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Fri May 18 22:20:32 UTC 2001
Desparte?
Is balance.foo.com properly delegated from foo.com?
What kind of response is the client seeing? You can tell this by using a real
lookup tool like "dig" or, if you insist on continuing to use nslookup,
specifying the "-debug" option so you can a better idea of what it's doing.
- Kevin
SHERMAN, Larry, GCM wrote:
> Please Help! I'm desparte!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SHERMAN, Larry, GCM [mailto:Larry.Sherman at gcm.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 12:03 PM
> To: 'bind-users at isc.org'
> Subject: forward zones in bind 8.2.3
>
> I have a Solaris 5.6 server running bind 8.2.3. The named.conf file has 2
> forwarders specified in the global options section. My domain is
> "foo.com". I have set up a lbnamed server on another box answering for the
> subdomain "balance.foo.com". I created an entry in named.conf for the
> subdomain:
>
> zone "balance.foo.com" in {
> type forward;
> forward only;
> forwarders { a.b.c.d; };
> check-names warn;
> }
>
> I can point nslookup at the lbnamed server and get answers in the form of
> CNAME records. It works. I can point nslookup at my bind 8.2.3 server and
> resolve everything, except anything in the balance subdomain. A look at
> named.run shows that bind is managing the balance subdomain (although the
> messages look different for the root "foo.com" zone, which I presume is due
> to the difference in zone type), and has not ignored the directive. When I
> snoop on port 53, I can see my nslookup session descending through the
> searchlist looking for an answer. I never see any traffic being forwarded
> to a.b.c.d, the lbnamed server for balance.foo.com.
>
> I am somewhat confused, as I thought vers 8.2.3 and above supported this
> feature. I have searched the lists and resources available, but have not
> found much in the way of help. Do I have to go to version 9, or am I
> missing something?
>
> Any help would be great.
>
>
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