In message <49ace778.6040...@ruilopes.com>, Rui Lopes writes:
> Mark Andrews wrote:
> > Mark Andrews writes:
> >
> >> In message <49ac5d59.1010...@ruilopes.com>, Rui Lopes writes:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Ben Bridges wrote:
> >>>
> >>> [...]
> >>>> You could try creating example.test as a forward zone in named.conf on
> >>>> your sun server and specifying plesk as the forwarder for that zone.
> >>>>
> >>> Indeed, adding a forward zone like bellow works! but why does it work?
> >>> or why is it needed?
> >>>
> >>> zone "example.test" {
> >>> type forward;
> >>> // forward only;
> >>> // forwarders { 192.168.2.10; };
> >>> };
> >>>
> >>> Note that I only needed to include the "type forward" line, the other
> >>> lines do not seem to be needed. I'm I missing something? they aren't
> >>> really needed? By reading the bind manual it seems we have to include th
> em
> >>>
> >> .
> >>
> >> You turned off forwarding for that namespace.
> >> It's the equivalent of:
> >>
> >> zone "example.test" {
> >> type forward;
> >> forwarders { /* empty */ };
> >> };
> >>
> >>
> >> You could have also added it to the test zones config.
> >>
> >> zone "test" {
> >> type master; // or slave
> >>
> > // or stub
> >
> >> ...
> >> forwarders { /* empty */ };
> >> };
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> Thanks!
>
> Why isn't bind just following the "example.test. NS plesk.test." RR that
> is inside the "test." zone without removing the forwarders?
Because you have a forwarding turned on at the options/view
level. Unless you have a special reason (like you can't
reach the root servers) that requires forwarding I don't
recommend using it.
Mark
> Best regards,
> Rui Lopes
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