vincenzo romero wrote: > > 1. ping/nslookup from myhost.lab.company.com > - /etc/resolv.conf --> > search lab.company.com > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > ping ns > ping: unknown host ns > [root at myhost named]# ping ns.company.com But your resolv.conf says to look for ns.lab.company.com. > 2. ping/nslookup from workstation in company.com > - /etc/resolv.conf --> > search company.com > nameserver 10.100.1.24 > > ping myhost > ping: unknown host myhost > png myhost.lab.company.com > PING myhost.lab.company.com (192.168.17.2)56(84) bytes of data. And this is the other way around. resolv.conf say to add company.com but you are adding lab.company.com. > i have created a FORWARD zone for "mycompany.com" ... snippet of > /etc/named.conf: > > > zone "mycompany.com." IN { > type forward; > forwarders { 10.100.1.24 port 53; > }; Is this supposed to have something to do with either company.com or lab.company.com? It doesn't. And is there some reason you only want the forwarder to only handle one zone? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com