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...
>[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>> 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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> 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

He said "a few" which I took to be 2-5.

If you have a hundred it isn't much harder though since you can
write a fairly trivial script to use DNSCmd.exe to create the
zones and records.

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

Correct. It has the advantage of working and not much else.

It's ugly, but it works.

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

Cool!

Glad to .

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>
> 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...
>>[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>>> 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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Thanks Gents, I guess I'm sticking with this solution after all.



On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:00:56 -0600, "Herb Martin"
<news@LearnQuick.com> wrote:

>"SIME via WinServerKB.com" <u11670@uwe> wrote in message
>news:5c45efee3a302@uwe...
>> 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
>
>He said "a few" which I took to be 2-5.
>
>If you have a hundred it isn't much harder though since you can
>write a fairly trivial script to use DNSCmd.exe to create the
>zones and records.
>
>> it just seemed a bit of a clmsy way of doing it but like you say its gonna
>> be
>> the only possibl way
>
>Correct. It has the advantage of working and not much else.
>
>It's ugly, but it works.
>
>> i am glad you posted that cus now i at least know i understand the subject
>
>Cool!
>
>Glad to .