Subdomain and delegation

[Mark Andrews]

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> From:  <i>Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com></i><br>To:  
> <i>bind-users at isc.org</i><br>Subject:  <i>Re: Subdomain and 
> delegation</i><br>Date:  <i>Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:05:50 
> -0400</i><br>>Eduardo sanz-martin wrote:<br>><br>> 
> >Hello,<br>> ><br>> >My mycompany.com is managed by bind 
> 9.3.0 dns. I want to delegate a<br>> >xx.mycompany.com subdomain on a 
> Windows 2000 servers.<br>> ><br>> >I added the following lines 
> into mycompany.com (BIND 9.3 DNS):<br>> ><br>> 
> >xx.mycompany.com. IN  NS server1.xx.mycompany.com.<br>> 
> >xx.mycompany.com. IN  NS server2.xx.mycompany.com.<br>> ><br>> 
> >server1.xx.mycompany.com.  IN  A 192.168.1.1<br>> 
> >server2.xx.mycompany.com.  IN  A 192.168.1.2<br>> ><br>> >It 
> does not work. I check all logs and i can not find any error.<br>> >I 
> put this configuration on bind 9.2.x and  it works on bind 9.2.x. Is 
> there<br>> >extra parameter o options that i have to configure on 
> named.conf or ...<br>> >What else do I need to do?<br>> 
> ><br>> ><br>>This is basic delegation stuff, there should be 
> absolutely no difference<br>>between the behavior of BIND 9.2.x and 9.3.0 
> in this regard. There's got<br>>to be something different between the two 
> environments other than the<br>>BIND version.<br>><br>><br>>     
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> I check my configuration and I found that it is forward option. I removed 
> this option and now it is working.
> Is there another option to make a delegation using the forward option.

	Turn off forwarding by adding a empty forwarders clause to the
	parent zone declaration.

	e.g.
		zone "mycompany.com" {
			type master;
			file "mycompany.com";
			forwarders { /* empty */ };
		};
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> Thanks,
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> Eduardo
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