<snip> > > Note that there are only relative names in my example. This could > > load as any zone name. You might want to use some fully-qualified > > names on the RHS, such as "root.covisp.net." as the SOA RNAME. > > Wait a second, so the zone name comes from the named.conf?
Yes. > I could have, for all my hosted domains, a single file named something > like hosted.conf and then simply link to it with `ln hosted.conf dw.tld` > or ln -s, perhaps? You could have the same file as the base, most definitely. Sharing a zone file (even without the symbolic link) between zones with bind can be done but gets extremely messy if you ever make a change to the zone file or for one zone explicitly. > Also, the SOA line contains ns? The mserver reference in the SOA is treated like the rest of the records in a manually constructed zone file; if it is un-anchored, it will inherit the $ORIGIN. > -- > 'Yes, but humans are more important than animals,' said Brutha. 'This > is a point of view often expressed by humans,' said Om. (Small Gods) Good Quote! :) Stuart _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users