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>Kay, have a bunch of q's
Re: Lame Delegation
From: Men & Mice Support
Date: Saturday, June 5, 1999
Time: 8:21:00 pm
>
>1)We are registered with internic as ns1.valueport.com. However there is
>no such record in our dns. There is only ns.valueport.com. So when I go
>to do ns2.valueport.com, how will I do that? How do I name my secondary
>domain name properly?
In the best of all worlds, you'd fix this. Aside from that, I'm not sure
what you're asking.
The secondary doesn't need to know the name of the primary, just the
address. So it doesn't care what name you give the primary in the zone
file. It will pull a copy of the zone file and use it as is.
The name you give your secondary doesn't have to be ns2.valueport.com; it
can be anything.valueport.com. The name is irrelevant, so long as it is (a)
legal according to the host naming rules, and (b) unique within your domain.
The host naming rules say that a hostname can include any alphanumeric
character in the basic ASCII set, plus "/" and either "-" or "_". I can't
at the moment remember if "-" is legal or "_"; one is legal, the other is
not.
>2)These deirection that were given are confusing. In each zone on which
>server? What server am I doing this on? What do I put on my second
>server? Do you have an actual example? Is it like:
>
>valueport.com valueport.file 209.209.9.59
>
>What do I put on my second server?
>
>valueport.com valueport.file 209.209.9.59
Apologies for being unclear.
The instructions were for configuring the secondary server. The Secondary
Data window is separate from any zone files.
Your example above is absolutely correct. This is what you'd put in the
Secondary Data window on your secondary server.
Most likely, you won't want to put anything in the Secondary Data window on
the primary server. You'd only do that if your primary server
(ns.valueport.com) was acting as secondary for another domain.
I hope this clears things up for you.
>>>We just picked up a second server. We want to secondary ourselves. What
>>>do my settings need to look like? If somebody has a screenshot or text
>>>file, that would be great too.
>>
>>In each zone file, you'll need to change the NS records.
>>
>>In QuickDNS Admin, under the Window menu, choose Secondary Data. In the
>>window that opens, there are several columns:
>>
>>Domain Name Filename IP Address 1 IP Address 2 ...
>>_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ___
>>your.domain. whatever.file primary.server <blank> <blank>
>>
>>where
>> "your.domain." is the name of the domain zone.
>> "whatever.file" is a filename; it can be whatever you want, so long as
>> no other secondary zone uses that name. "your.domain." isn't a
>> bad choice.
>> "primary.server" is the IP address of your primary server.
>>
>>Essentially, QuickDNS Pro needs to know what zone file to request, what
>>server to get it from, and where to store it on the local hard drive for
>>easy reloading. You put each zone on a separate line.
>>____________________________________________________________________
>>Chris Buxton Men & Mice
>>cbuxton@menandmice.com http://www.menandmice.com
>
>
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