virtual domains and zone files

Pete Ehlke pde at ehlke.net
Mon Dec 1 15:29:00 UTC 2003


On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 09:16:41AM -0600, Barry Finkel wrote:
> 
> >I do have A records for io, callisto, and europa. They live in the 
> >arda.homeunix.net zone file.
> 
> You posted this zone file:
> 
>      # cat /etc/namedb/master/arda.homelinux.net.zone
>      $ORIGIN .
>      $TTL 10800      ; 3 hours
>      arda.homelinux.net      IN SOA  europa.arda.homeunix.net.
>      postmaster.arda.homeunix.net. (
>                                        20030416   ; serial
>                                        10800      ; refresh (3 hours)
>                                        3600       ; retry (1 hour)
>                                        604800     ; expire (1 week)
>                                        3600       ; minimum (1 hour)
>                                        )
>                                NS      io.arda.homeunix.net.
>                                NS      europa.arda.homeunix.net.
>                                MX      10 callisto.arda.homeunix.net.
>      
> That file looks to me like the zone file for
> 
>      arda.homeunix.net

Guys. Read carefully :)

$ORIGIN .
      $TTL 10800      ; 3 hours
      arda.homelinux.net      IN SOA  europa.arda.homeunix.net.


Looks rather like a zone file for arda.homelinux.net to me. 

It's a little confusing, given that all the RDATA point to
arda.homeunix.net, but this is not a zone file for arda.homeunix.net.

This strikes me as one of those places where DNAME might be a good
idea...


-Pete


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