Setup Help - Newbie

Re: Setup Help - Newbie

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At 1:41 PM -0600 11/5/99, Dennis J. Bonsall, Jr. wrote:
>I recently purchased a copy of QuickDNS, and am having some setup
>problems. I was using MacDNS previously, and after importing my zone
>files, the results were not as expected. Perhaps I am misunderstanding
>the results, or I had something setup wrong in MacDNS, or am doing
>something wrong now. In any case, here is what is going on...
>
>1.) My primary DNS server is still operating under MacDNS, until I get
>QuickDNS Setup. But, I am running QuickDNS on my secondary DNS server,
>but I am running it as a primary server as well. So, it should not be
>referencing the other server for information.

Correct. When configured as a primary server, it will not attempt to contact any other server for the domain.

>2.) I currently host around 30 domain names on my DNS server. My DNS
>servers are to be named 'dns1.webbuilders.com' and
>'dns2.webbuilders.com'. However, in each domain file that is loaded,
>the NS server is listed as 'webbuilders.top.net'. This is the IP
>lookup name for our main webserver, as provided by our ISP. But, in our
>domain file for webbuilders.com, we have the lookup name for that IP as
>'webbuilders.com'.

It's hard to follow the above, because you're using your terms in an unfamiliar way. Are you talking about A records and PTR records?

>When I changed the value for NS entry in the domain
>file for webbuilders.com to 'dns1.webbuilders.com', the change was
>accepted, as I anticipated. However, when I changed this value in the
>other domain files, they were changed to (for example)
>'dns1.webbuilders.com.customerdomain.com'. How do I get the record to
>simply know that the DNS server should be 'dns1.webbuilders.com'.

Put a period on the end.

QuickDNS Pro uses the same shorthand as BIND, where a name that doesn't end in a period is assumed to be within the local domain. QuickDNS Pro Admin will then automatically add the name of the domain to the local name, resulting in a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN).

This is a faq, and when we update the faq (coming soon to www.menandmice.com) I'm definitely going to put this in there.

>3.) I get similar results when I attempt to change the information in
>the Domain Information window, within not only the "Primary" field, but
>also in the "Hostmaster" field (which I am trying to change to
>webmaster@webbuilders.com).

Again, put a period on the end. Also, when entering "webmaster@webbuilders.com" into the hostmaster field, change it to this: "webmaster.webbuilders.com.".
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