Re: How to properly use sub-domain

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How to properly use sub-domain
\ John Sherling (18 Oct 2006)
. \ Jeffrey Reasoner (18 Oct 2006)

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Subject:	Re: How to properly use sub-domain
Group:	Bind-users
From:	Jeffrey Reasoner
Date:	18 Oct 2006

On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 14:07, John Sherling wrote:
> I'm running BINC 9.3.2, and I have a zonefile on my BIND server called
> myDomain.com. I want to set up a separate sub-domain, called
> 'sub.myDomain.com' and have the data server from a different zone
> file, but on the same server.
>
> But, my question is, how would my DNS server know how to differentiate
> between a request for 'host.myDomain.com' and 'host.sub.myDomain.com'
> and look in the appropriate zone file for each?

You have included the answer in your question. It is authoritative for
both, so it will answer the query it receives - one answer if the query
is for a host in myDomain.com and another if the host is in
sub.myDomain.com. Try it and see...

> Many thanks...
>
> J
>
>
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