In article <864c2cd6.0408111445.4306f991@posting.google.com>,
enjoylife_95135@hotmail.com (enjoylife_95135) wrote:

> Hi,
> I've setup a DNS domain in my lab, lets call it example.test. The
> primary name server for this domain is ns1.example.test. Everything
> works fine.
>
> I want to add 2 hosts to this domain. One, lets call it www has to
> have its resolution be performed by the other, lets call it
> ns2.example.test. So if ns1.example.test receives a query for
> www.example.test, I want it to say, wait, you need to ask
> ns2.example.test.
>
> Is this possible to do without subdomains?

www.example.test *is* a subdomain of example.test. I think you mean
"without subzones". The answer is no. The example.test zone should
contain:

www IN NS ns2

The named.conf file on ns2.example.test should then contain:

zone "www.example.test" {
type master;
file "www.example.test.db";
};

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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