Search Again: Re: Importing/exchanging secondary server data files From: Aaron Lynch Date: Friday, March 2, 2001 Time: 9:16:49 am Opened it in what? On 03/02/2001 9:10 AM, The Defendant "Helen & Tony Baczynski" <tonyski@lvcm.com> Confessed: > I've just swapped with someone else. All I did was to open his > secondary data file, select all, copy, close the file. open my > secondary file, paste, & close. QDNS then read all the new domains > and put all the new files in the secondary folder without any help > from me. > I just tried it again on another machine and it works fine! > > Tony > > > >> OK so what you're telling me is, I have to add each domain manually >> to a secondary server, no way to import the data from some else's >> secondary server or have them import mine. >> bummer :-( >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> That is not going to work. The files in the Secondary Data folder >>> are cache files, not configuration files. That is, they are used to >>> cache data retrieved from the master/primary server; they are not >>> read in as indications of what domains/zones should be served. >>> >>> For QuickDNS Pro 2, do the following: >>> - Launch QuickDNS Pro Admin. >>> - From the Window menu, select Secondary Data. >>> - For each new secondary domain, from the Domain menu, choose Create Record. >>> - In the new record, enter the following data: >>> Domain Name: <name of domain> >>> Filename: <something unique, such as name of domain> >>> IP Address 1: <IP address of primary server> >>> IP Address 2-4: <leave blank> >>> - Click on the Save button. >>> >>> For QuickDNS Pro 3, do the following: >>> - Launch QuickDNS Pro Manager. >>> - Connect to the server, if necessary. >>> - For each new slave zone, do the following: >>> - Select the server in the Manager window, if necessary. >>> - From the Server menu, select Add Slave Zone. >>> - Enter the zone name and the IP address of the master server. >>> - Click on the OK button. >>> ____________________________________________________________________ >>> Chris Buxton Men & Mice >>> cbuxton@menandmice.com We Make DNS Easy! >>> >>> At 10:08 AM -0700 3/1/01, John Readwin wrote: >>>> This may be a stupid question but I want to confirm if the >>>> following will work >>>> >>>> I am looking at doing some secondary DNS swapping with someone >>>> else using Quick DNS. >>>> >>>> Am Correct in the folling assumption >>>> >>>> Send the other party the secondary data files(one for each domain) >>>> from my secondary server, and have him simply "Import DNS File for >>>> each domain" and vice versa?? >>>> >>>> Or can we simply drop the secondary data file into the secondary >>>> data folder and restart QuickDNS? >>>> >>>> Will it matter if we are on different versions of Quick DNS ( I am >>>> using 2.2.1, I'm not sure what he is using) >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> -- >>>> John Readwin >>>> mailto:john@netextras.com >>>> 403-283-5298 >>>> http://www.netextras.com >> >> -- >> John Readwin >> mailto:john@netextras.com >> 403-283-5298 >> http://www.netextras.com > > -- Aaron Lynch System Administrator NineWire Digital Solutions

Messages In This Thread: Importing/exchanging secondary server data files by John Readwin on Mar 1, 2001 at 9:01:20 am Re: Importing/exchanging secondary server data files by Men & Mice Support on Mar 1, 2001 at 4:21:34 pm Re: Importing/exchanging secondary server data files by John Readwin on Mar 2, 2001 at 8:40:55 am Re: Importing/exchanging secondary server data files by Helen & Tony Baczynski on Mar 2, 2001 at 9:12:38 am Re: Importing/exchanging secondary server data files by Aaron Lynch on Mar 2, 2001 at 9:16:49 am Re: Importing/exchanging secondary server data files by Helen & Tony Baczynski on Mar 2, 2001 at 9:27:20 am Re: Importing/exchanging secondary server data files by Tony Baczynski on Mar 2, 2001 at 9:37:25 am Re: Importing/exchanging secondary server data files by Men & Mice Support on Mar 4, 2001 at 10:30:15 pm