On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 22:24, Robert Heller <heller@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> So, then, the association of a FQDN with any particular IP address is >> only done in the domain name's control panel where the nameservers are >> set? > > It is in bind's database (zone files). ÂIn named.conf you associate > domains (all but the leftmost part of the FQDN) with zone files and > zone files map from hostnames (left-most part of the FQDN) to ip > addresses. > Thank you. That is quite what I had suspected, and of course the zone files that I am experimenting with reflect that. How is this: # cat /var/named/exampleA.com.hosts $ORIGIN exampleA.com. $TTL 1h exampleA.com. IN SOA ns1.exampleA.com. ns2.exampleA.com. ( 1; Serial - increment me 10800 3600 604800 38400 ) IN NS ns1.exampleA.com. IN NS ns2.exampleA.com. exampleA.com. IN A 1.1.1.1 exampleA.com. IN A 1.1.1.2 ns1 IN A 1.1.1.1 ns2 IN A 1.1.1.2 -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos