Deleting the "." root zone

[Jason Dobbs]

I have 2 W2K servers runing as a PDC and a BDC with the DNS server set to a
root server. I want to make the DNS server a forwarding server instead of a
root. I've been told I can delete the "." zone file from the forwarding
zones and restart the server. I'm hesitant about deleting this zone becuase
it doesn't show up in the DNS folder under winnt\system32 to do a backup on.
Do I have any opitions here? Can I safely delete the "." zone and add
forwarders?

Thanks,
Jason

 

[Danny Sanders]

Yes you can safely delete the "." (dot) forward lookup zone that is created
by default. In fact you MUST delete it in order for the forwarders to be
enabled. This is common practice and advised by MS.
See:
How to: Configure DNS for Internet Access In Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300202





hth

DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

 

[Jonathan de Boyne Pollard]

JD> I want to make the DNS server a forwarding server instead
JD> of a root.

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