several subzones in one db file

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"Barry Margolin" <barry.margolin at level3.com> wrote in message
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> You need separate db files.  Just like you do for company1.com and
> company2.com -- they're both just subzones of COM, aren't they?

Actually, you could accomplish exactly what you want by creating a single
zone file with multiple zone statements using the same file.

For example, create a file named db.generic with the relevant records.

$TTL 3600
@    IN    SOA    2003112800 3600 1800 64800 3600

@    IN    NS    <nameserver>

@    IN    A    123.123.123.123

Then, your zone statements in named.conf would look something like the
following.

zone    "post.isp.com"    IN    {
    type master;
    file "db.generic";
};

zone    "private.isp.com"    IN    {
    type master;
    file "db.generic";
};

zone    "xyz.isp.com"    IN    {
    type master;
    file "db.generic";
};

This is a tried and true method and works quite well.

bt