Position of SOA in master file (was: Re: about resolving on a child zone)

2009-04-14 Thread Chris Thompson
On Apr 14 2009, Chris Buxton wrote: No, I didn't mean positionally within the zone file. Record order is mostly irrelevant in zone files (but the SOA record must be first). No, it need not be first. It's *conventional* to put it first. It's only *necessary* if you (a) have no $TTL directive

Re: about resolving on a child zone

2009-04-14 Thread Chris Buxton
On Apr 14, 2009, at 3:00 AM, Jeff Pang wrote: In this case, the answer is that your main zone (example.com) will have an error, because it will have an A record below the "bottom" of the zone that is not a glue record. In other words, it will recognize that www.my.example.com belongs to my.exampl

Re: about resolving on a child zone

2009-04-14 Thread Tech W.
Thanks for chris, barry and all. --- On Tue, 14/4/09, Barry Margolin wrote: > > There's a special exception made for "glue" records, since > they're > needed to prevent an infinite recursion.  The parent > zone will include > this A record. Enjoy a safer web experience. Upgrade to

RE: about resolving on a child zone

2009-04-14 Thread Jeff Pang
> Original Message > Subject: Re: about resolving on a child zone > From: Chris Buxton > Date: Mon, April 13, 2009 10:31 am > To: Tech W. > Cc: bind-users@lists.isc.org > > In this case, the answer is that your main zone (example.com) will > hav

Re: about resolving on a child zone

2009-04-13 Thread Barry Margolin
In article , "Tech W." wrote: > --- On Tue, 14/4/09, Chris Buxton wrote: > > > From: Chris Buxton > > Subject: Re: about resolving on a child zone > > > > > In this case, the answer is that your main zone > > (example.com) will have an erro

Re: about resolving on a child zone

2009-04-13 Thread Chris Buxton
On Apr 13, 2009, at 5:29 PM, Tech W. wrote: --- On Tue, 14/4/09, Chris Buxton wrote: From: Chris Buxton Subject: Re: about resolving on a child zone In this case, the answer is that your main zone (example.com) will have an error, because it will have an A record below the "botto

Re: about resolving on a child zone

2009-04-13 Thread Tech W.
--- On Tue, 14/4/09, Chris Buxton wrote: > From: Chris Buxton > Subject: Re: about resolving on a child zone > > In this case, the answer is that your main zone > (example.com) will have an error, because it will have an A > record below the "bottom" of the zone

Re: about resolving on a child zone

2009-04-13 Thread Chris Buxton
On Apr 13, 2009, at 6:28 AM, Tech W. wrote: hello, I have the domain saying it's example.com. I defined a NS (and its A rcd) as below: my.example.com. IN NS mydns.example.com. mydns.example.com. IN A 11.22.33.44 Also I added this A record in both main DNS and the child zone's DNS (my