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Subject: Re: DNS pulling records from other DNS
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 16:53:34 +0100
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> I'm using the Name Server on our FreeBSD 4.0 machine.  It will be an
> Internet server, so I've put very few DNS records on it (just the web
> server, mail, etc. because this machine will eventually be accessable from
> the Internet.)  Another server, the Intranet DNS (sadly, a Microsquash NT
> 4.0 server running DNS and WINS), has complete records for all the
machines
> in our network.
>
> The problem is, when I run nslookup to the FreeBSD Internet server and
> query names that are not on the it (just on the Intranet server), it gives
> the intranet record.  For example:
>
>   nslookup internal-client.mydomain.com x.x.x.4
>   DNS request timed out.
>       timeout was 2 seconds.
>   *** Can't find server name for address x.x.x.x: Timed out
>   *** Default servers are not available
>   Server:  UnKnown
>   Address:  x.x.x.4
>
>   Name:    internal-client.mydomain.com
>   Address:  x.x.x.204

you can get your FreeBSD nameserver to forward the DNS records on the NT
server by adding the address of your NT server in the "options" part of your
named.conf file, eg if your NT server is on 10.0.1.1:

options {

// your options here

        forwarders {
                10.0.1.1;
        };

}




Si.




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