What am I missing here?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <da1k7u$kuv$1 at sf1.isc.org>, czimmer at wczimmerman.dyndns.org 
wrote:

> The setup:
> 
> Domain: domain.com
> Sub domain: test.domain.com
> Master server for domain.com, with a slave for redundancy.
> 2 more slaves for the test.domain.com
> Bind version: 9.2.2 on master, 9.3.1 on sub domain slaves
> 
> Master server: ns1.domain.com
> Slave: ns2.mclaneco.com
> Slave: dns1.test.mclaneco.com
> Slave: dns2.test.mclaneco.com
> Example machine: machine1.test.domain.com
> 
> I wanted to have a central place where all DNS entries could be
> maintained, so I did not delegate the test.domain.com domain to the
> dns1 and dns2 servers and make ns1 a slave to them.  Instead I added a
> $ORIGIN test.domain.com and A records to the domain.com zone file and
> setup the appropriate entries in the named.conf file. Name resolution
> using the FQDN works great.  It's when I use only the hostname, relying
> on the resolv.conf to add the test.domain.com from the search parameter
> that I experience a 10 second delay before the resolution is complete.
> The FQDN resolution is instant.  This only happens when my machines are
> pointed to the 2 dns1 and 2 slave servers for hostname resolution.  If
> I point them directly to the master server, everything works fine.
> 
> 
> What am I missing?  I'm sure I've just got something setup incorrectly.

Tell us the real domain and real identities of the servers, so we can 
send some test queries and diagnose this.

BTW, you apparently let some of this slip -- I see some mclaneco.com up 
above.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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