having my master nameserver resolve another zone...

[Kevin Darcy]

Create aliases (CNAME records).

                                                                                    -
Kevin

"Christopher L. Barnard" wrote:

> What I'm trying to accomplish is to have cbott.com appear as a subzone
> of cbot.com.  I want "foo.cbott.com" to be resolved by our internal
> DNS as "foo.corp.cbot.com".
>
> Or, if that is not possible, have "machine.zone.cbott.com" be resolved
> by our internal DNS as "machine.zone.cbot.com".
>
> Christopher
>
> > "Christopher L. Barnard" wrote:
> >
> > > Sorry.  The master forward dns table of the cbot.com zone.
> > >
> > > The cbott.com zone and the cbot.com zone both work just fine, all
> > > entries are defined, etc.  What I am trying to do is to get the cbot.com
> > > zone to recognize the cbott.com zone as a subzone of cbot.com.
> >
> > Well, only subdomains can be subzones. cbott.com is not a subdomain of cbot.com,
> > so how can it be a subzone?
> >
> > Perhaps you should clarify what you're trying to accomplish.
> >
> >
> > - Kevin
> >
> > > > It's not clear to me what you mean by "master forward dns table". You
> > > > should be putting these records in the cbott.com zone. Unless you intend
> > > > to define a cbott.com zone explicitly on *all* relevant nameservers, you
> > > > should also be adding these same records as glue to the parent zone
> > > > ("com" or root).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >                                 - Kevin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Christopher L. Barnard wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >I must be missing something here, but I do not see what.
> > > > >
> > > > >I am trying to add the new zone "corp.cbot.com" under the existing cbot.com.
> > > > >Because of some other requirements, this server is actually "cbott.com"
> > > > >(note the extra t).  cbott.com has been registered with Internic, so that
> > > > >should not be an issue.  I suppose it does not matter actually, since it
> > > > >is internal-only...
> > > > >
> > > > >What I am trying to do is have a machine "foobar.cbott.com" resolve as
> > > > >"foobar.corp.cbot.com", thus masking the fact that it is really in the
> > > > >cbott.com zone.  I am trying to fight one forest fire at a time, so I
> > > > >want to resolve just "foobar.cbott.com" first.  Then I'll tackle having it
> > > > >resolve as foobar.corp.cbot.com.  I have put in the master forward dns
> > > > >table the glue records
> > > > >
> > > > >cbott.com.      IN      NS      cbottad1.cbott.com.
> > > > >cbott.com.      IN      NS      cbottad2.cbott.com.
> > > > >
> > > > >and the corresponding A records for their IP.
> > > > >
> > > > >cbottad1.cbott.com.             IN A    164.74.77.101
> > > > >cbottad2.cbott.com.             IN A    164.74.77.102
> > > > >
> >