Overriding Included Zone File Entries

Hello everyone, I have a question about using the $INCLUDE directive in my zone files. We run DNS for a moderately large number of domains, largely pointing at the same servers. So, I'd really like to have the following setup: db.common.inc: mail IN A n.n.n.n mail2 IN A n.n.n.n w

Re: Overriding Included Zone File Entries

On 13-03-05 02:51 PM, Barry S. Finkel wrote: What you need to do is have the common piece in an $INCLUDE file and put changed items (such as www in your example) in each view. If www changes in each view, then do not include it in the common file. If, for example, you have three views, and www i

Re: Overriding Included Zone File Entries

On 13-03-05 02:44 PM, Barry Margolin wrote: Instead of one include file for everything, use separate include files: $INCLUDE db.common.mail.inc $INCLUDE db.common.www.inc $INCLUDE db.common.spf.inc Then you can omit some $INCLUDE directives in the zones that have more specific records. I gues