hosts_to_named -p

[Wilfred Chau_1]

Has anyone of you used hosts_to_named with the -d and -p options in the same file before?

I have something like

-d domain1
-p domain2
-s nameserver1
-s nameserver2
-n xxx.xxx.xxx

The -p option seems to remove most of the entries in db.domain1. Any thought? Thanks all.

[Sundar_7]

-p domain

Create only pointer (PTR) data for hosts in
domain. This is useful when there are multiple domains on a network and a different server is responsible for domain, but this server is responsible for the addrss-to-name mapping. option can be used more than once on the command line. This option requires domain names in the host table.

Apparently, -p populates only db. which is used for reverse lookup.

You would like ur DNS server be used for both forward and reverse lookup ??

If yes then dont use -p option.

[Wilfred Chau_1]

Thanks Sundar.

I took a closer look. -d and -p can coexist only if you use the -a option for the subnet to not create the pointer record.

If -n is used instead, all the forward records in that subnet will be ignored.

Can't believe it.