LOL, I think possible Andr� Cameron his a bit of confusion here :-) There are 2 parts to DNS:
1) The files that define WHO is a DNS server (master or primary) 2) The files that define the ADDRESSES the DNS server handles. If a machine is going to be a DNS server (master or slave) for any domain FOOBAR.COM You must tell the master DNS server and the slave DNS servers in their named.conf files as Mike has already explained. HOWEVER, once you have CORRECTLY told all DNS servers that they handle FOOBAR.COM then the slaves will automatically get any changes you make to the ADDRESSES for FOOBAR.COM on the master copied over to them. There is also the option to allow computers to tell the DNS servers that they are using an IP address - but I'd assume that is not the issue here. If you are saying there is too much effort to do the first manual step once per DNS server per domain (and never again) regarding defining WHO is a master or slave for each domain then I guess you have way too many domains to be looking after and I'd also suggest you pay someone to help you set it up. :-) > You don't have a choice. > > 1) You add the zone/domain to the master, edit its parameters, > including the NS (name server entries). > > 2) You add the zone/domain to the slave, pointing it to the master as > the master. > > Your secondaries will not...I repeat, not...attempt to pull a zone for > which it is not configured. Period. The only way to tell the > secondary that it is supposed to pull the domain's information and > store it, is to add the domain into secondary's named.conf file. > > On Thu, 23 May 2002, Andr� Cameron wrote: > >> Please start from the beginning. I do not want to add every domain it >> would take forever, I do not want to add a domain everytime I add one >> to the master. I want the secondary to pull from the master and do >> its thing. My named.conf looks like: >> <snip> -- -Cheers -Andrew MS ... if only he hadn't been hang gliding! _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
