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From: lars@spectrum.CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Re: BIND master data file setup question
Message-ID: <1991Jan21.225434.4809@spectrum.CMC.COM>
Date: 21 Jan 91 22:54:34 GMT
References: <1991Jan18.185006.8114@bernina.ethz.ch>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Rockwell CMC
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In article <1991Jan18.185006.8114@bernina.ethz.ch> karrer@bernina.ethz.ch (Andreas Karrer) writes:
>
>I'm setting up a DNS server with authority for "my.dom" and anyhing below,
>e.g. fully qualified host names like "blurfl.my.dom" and "grok.this.my.dom".
>
>Question: can i put BOTH RR's in the SAME data file, as in:
>
>	$ORIGIN my.dom.
>	blurfl		IN	A	129.132.1.1
>	...
>	$ORIGIN this.my.dom.
>	grok		IN	A	129.132.5.4
>	...
>
>or do I have to set up TWO data files, one for "XXX.my.dom" hosts and one
>for "XXX.this.my.dom" hosts.

A more readable solution:
	$ORIGIN my.dom.
	blurfl		IN	A	129.132.1.1
	...
	grok.this	IN	A	129.132.5.4
	...

You may split the data into separate file IF AND ONLY IF they are two
separate zones. Read RFC-1033 if you haven't done so already.
-- 
/ Lars Poulsen, SMTS Software Engineer
  CMC Rockwell  lars@CMC.COM