Re: [cobalt-users] Configuring 2nd Raq for doing secondary DNS

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Jeff Lasman wrote:

> "Rodolfo J. Paiz (E-mail)" wrote:
> 
> > * Why would you need a file "directoryofchoice/zone.com" in your
> > secondary?
> 
> Because the named dameon (bind) needs to know in what file to write the
> zone information, and where to put that file.
> 
> > * Shouldn't you tell it what kind of zone it is (even though IN is
> > assumed)?
> 
> No.  "IN" is a record type.  Record types are mixed in zones.  A zone is
> NOT for any specific record type.
> 
> > On my RH-7 boxen, I have:
> > 
> > zone "zone.com" {
> >         type slave;
> >         masters { 111.222.333.444; };
> > };
> 
> Did you put that in yourself?  My RH7 installation has nothing like
> that.  According to "DNS and Bind" (O'Reilly), the file line is
> required.
> 
> Jeff

Well, it is optional, but to quote the docs...

"Use of file is recommended, since it often speeds server startup and
eliminates a needless waste of bandwidth."

from: http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/docs/config/zone.html