I think I understand. Origin set a base for entries that are unqualified and do not have a trailing dot.
So my new zone is valid and just being organized in a highly granular way. Any additional comments to help me learn more about this are much appreciated. -- Scott Iphone says hello. On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:36 PM, Scott Haneda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I moved a server to using named and manage it in the shell, I used to > use a desktop app that did it for me. > > In the process, when I edit a zone, I will push it throug the below > command, to clean it up, and then I delete the first line, and last > line in the output of the zone, and reload rndc > > named-checkzone -D -s relative example.com example.com-hosts > > It adds in $ORIGIN lines, which I am not sure entirely what they are > for, at least, not in the way it is adding them in. Here is an > example zone, that works now > > $TTL 86400 > @ 86400 IN SOA ns1.my-company.com. scott.my- > company.com. 2008033103 28800 7200 604800 7200 > @ IN NS ns1.my-company.com. > captain.rustall.com IN A 127.0.0.2 ;Whitelist > for winnow > lists.mysql.com IN A > 127.0.0.2 ;lists.mysql.com > 12.153.224.55 IN A 127.0.0.2 ;Etrade.com > messaging.nextel.com IN A > 127.0.0.2 ;messaging.nextel.com > moveon.org IN A 127.0.0.2 > gmail.com IN A 127.0.0.2 > dotster.com IN A 127.0.0.2 > ebay.com IN A 127.0.0.2 > stmproducts.com IN A > 127.0.0.2 ;stmproducts.com is on dynamic > returns.groups.yahoo.com IN A 127.0.0.2 ;yahoo groups > chopra.com IN A 127.0.0.2 ;they hit a > spamtrap > barebones.com IN A 127.0.0.2 > 202.128.20.175 IN A > 127.0.0.2 ;endtimeprophecy.org - Wordweaver > > After I run it through named-checkzone with -D and -s, relative, I get > the below output, which does not make sense. If $ORIGIN sets a base > of all below it, then it seems wrong to me... > > $ORIGIN . > $TTL 86400 ; 1 day > wl.my-company IN SOA ns1.my-company.com. scott.my- > company.com. ( > 2008103000 ; serial > 28800 ; refresh (8 hours) > 7200 ; retry (2 hours) > 604800 ; expire (1 week) > 7200 ; minimum (2 hours) > ) > NS ns1.my-company.com. > NS ns1.nacio.com. > > $ORIGIN wl.my-company.com. > 202.128.20.175 A 127.0.0.2 > 12.153.224.55 A 127.0.0.2 > > $ORIGIN com.wl.my-company.com. > barebones A 127.0.0.2 > chopra A 127.0.0.2 > constantcontact A 127.0.0.2 > dotster A 127.0.0.2 > ebay A 127.0.0.2 > gmail A 127.0.0.2 > lists.mysql A 127.0.0.2 > messaging.nextel A 127.0.0.2 > captain.rustall A 127.0.0.2 > stmproducts A 127.0.0.2 > returns.groups.yahoo A 127.0.0.2 > $ORIGIN wl.my-company.com. > moveon.org A 127.0.0.2 > > I hope I am reading this wrong, or I just fubar'd a whole bunch of > zones :) > Thanks for any guidance > -- > Scott > >
