Herb

I actually thought of that but if you have a lot of host you want to resolve
its gonna be a pain, however i am glad my thinking wasnt flawed

it just seemed a bit of a clmsy way of doing it but like you say its gonna be
the only possibl way

i am glad you posted that cus now i at least know i understand the subject

regards

simon


Herb Martin wrote:
>> I'm not sure how to easily explain what I'm trying to do, so this
>> might be a bit convoluted...
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>> specify, but all other queries which I don't have entries for would be
>> referred to the forwarding server, including the "root" of domain.com.
>
>Yes, but the trick is not obvious and it doesn't really LOOK like
>what you ask (partial zone).
>
>Here's the trick:
>
> Set up a "ZONE" of its own for every such host/server record.
> Set the A record for the "ZONE" with no additional name to the
> address required.
>
> Example:
>
> host1.domain.com becomes a zone
> Blank A-record for zone name ("same as parent") is created
>
> Now your server is authoritative for "just that zone" with
> the exact server name.
>
> Notice the analogy to setting up a Web server DNS record so that it
> not only resolves as www.example.com but also as example.com.
> (Zones can have their own Address.)
>
>> Does this make sense?
>
>If my answer does <grin>
>
>> Thanks,
>> Peter.

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