Setting up a sub-domain on BIND 9

[Mark Andrews]

> I'm trying to set up a sub-domain on BIND 9 on OpenBSD.
> 
> I've tried a CNAME record but it didn't work.
> 
> Currently my zone file looks like this (details obscured).
> Please can someone show me what to add to be able to have
> mysubdomain.mydomain.com work. Many thanks in advance,
 
	Define what you mean by "work".

	If you want to delegate parts of the namespace to a different
	set of servers you need to use NS records to specify the
	set of nameservers that the space is delegated to.  Note the
	nameservers listed here should match those in the delegated
	zone.

	Mark

> Gary
> 
> # cat 
> db.mydomain.com                                                              
>           
> 
> $TTL 900
> @       IN      SOA     mydomain.com. root.mydomain.com. (
>                         2005050102      ; serial
>                         1h                      ; refresh -- 1 hours
>                         1h                     ; retry -- 1 hours
>                         2592000          ; expire -- 30 days
>                         345600  )         ; minimum -- 4 days
>                 IN      NS      ns1.mydns.com.
>                 IN      NS      ns2.mydns.com.
> ns1             IN      A       xx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> ns2             IN      A       xx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> @                       A       xx.xxx.xxx.xxx  ; makes 
> http://littlebeargolf.com work
> www                     A       xx.xxx.xxx.xxx  ; makes 
> http://www.littlebeargolf.com work              
> mail                    A       xx.xxx.xxx.xxx  ; makes it find the mail 
> server
> 
> 
> 
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