Hi ,<br> <br>I have the following zone file:<br>$ORIGIN <a href="http://td3497.com">td3497.com</a>.<br>@ IN SOA <a href="http://udns1.ultradns.net">udns1.ultradns.net</a>. <a href="http://ppk.yahoo.com">ppk.yahoo.com</a>. (<br>
2010052610 ; serial<br>10800 ; refresh<br>3600 ; retry<br>2592000 ; expire<br>86400 ; minimum<br>)<br><a href="http://cname.chain.td3497.com">cname.chain.td3497.com</a>. 86400 IN CNAME <a href="http://mx.chain.td3497.com">mx.chain.td3497.com</a>.<br>
<a href="http://mx.chain.td3497.com">mx.chain.td3497.com</a>. 86400 IN MX 34 <a href="http://mx1.chain.td3497.com">mx1.chain.td3497.com</a>.<br><a href="http://mx1.chain.td3497.com">mx1.chain.td3497.com</a>. 86400 IN MX 34 <a href="http://mx2.chain.td3497.com">mx2.chain.td3497.com</a>.<br>
<a href="http://mx2.chain.td3497.com">mx2.chain.td3497.com</a>. 86400 IN MX 34 <a href="http://mx3.chain.td3497.com">mx3.chain.td3497.com</a>.<br><a href="http://mx3.chain.td3497.com">mx3.chain.td3497.com</a>. 86400 IN A 1.2.3.4<br>
<a href="http://ramesh.td3497.com">ramesh.td3497.com</a>. 86400 MX 20 .<br><a href="http://ramesh.td3497.com">ramesh.td3497.com</a>. 86400 MX 20 mx1.<br><a href="http://cname.td3497.com">cname.td3497.com</a>. 86400 CNAME .<br>
<a href="http://td3497.com">td3497.com</a>. 86400 IN NS <a href="http://udns2.ultradns.net">udns2.ultradns.net</a>.<br><a href="http://td3497.com">td3497.com</a>. 86400 IN NS <a href="http://udns1.ultradns.net">udns1.ultradns.net</a>.<br>
;End <br> <br>I queried for cname domain against bind 9.6.X and got the following response<br>C:\Documents and Settings\rameshb>dig @localhost <a href="http://cname.td3497.com">cname.td3497.com</a> mx<br>; <<>> DiG 9.6.1-P1 <<>> @localhost <a href="http://cname.td3497.com">cname.td3497.com</a> mx<br>
; (1 server found)<br>;; global options: +cmd<br>;; Got answer:<br>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 681<br>;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0<br>;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available<br>
;; QUESTION SECTION:<br>;<a href="http://cname.td3497.com">cname.td3497.com</a>. IN MX<br>;; ANSWER SECTION:<br><a href="http://cname.td3497.com">cname.td3497.com</a>. 86400 IN CNAME .<br>
;; Query time: 15 msec<br>;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)<br>;; WHEN: Mon May 31 14:10:32 2010<br>;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 47<br> <br>Here why authority section is not returned? Actually authority section should be returned with SOA right?<br>
Thanks & Regards,<br>Ramesh