Partial zone files?

Kevin Darcy kcd at chrysler.com
Mon Oct 20 21:05:54 UTC 2008


Michael Enke wrote:
> Hi all,
> is there a way to tell bind that if a systems is queried
> which is not in the zone file (but in same domain) to use the forwarder?
>
> I want to do something like this:
> I have no influence in the DNS-setup for the domain existing.domain
> But I want to have the possibility for my systems to lookup
> myhost.existing.domain.
> So I setup my private DNS with the existing DNS as forwarder.
>
> I defined myhost in my zone file.
>   
Which zone file? existing.domain? That's not going to work, since it'll 
defeat your forwarding.

Define the zone myhost.existing.domain and leave your forwarding in place.

I just tested it and it works.
> So far so good, from now on myhost is found, but for any other host
> in existing.domain I get a
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
>   
- Kevin



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