Re: (Non)Authoritatiev DNS

["Jeff Hogg" <tastin blkbox com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: A.J. Werkman <werkman worldonline nl nl>
To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Date: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 3:43 PM
Subject: (Non)Authoritatiev DNS


>On a RH6.1 server I try to set up DNS for two different domains.
>
>I configured both domains as primary. If I do a nslookup for two hosts, one
>in every domain, nslookup return an autoritative answer in one case and a
>non-authoritative answer in the other case.
>
>As I said both domains are configured primary. In my view I should both get
>authoritative answers. Can anyone explain this strange behaviour?


You got the non-authoratative answer because the host has been looked up
before.  Instead of looking to find the answer elsewhere, your DNS server is
just giving you the answer from its local cache.  It's nothing to worry
about.